It's interesting that the world of software delelopment tools might be a little different. There are almost no good software delelopment tools in the $100 to $1000 bracket. The good tools are either free or really expensive. (The various 'developer' editions are not really counter examples. These are usually just 'taster' versions - you always need the expensive 'enterprise' editions to do real work.)
Posted to Business by Simon Brunning at December 16, 2004 10:56 AMSounds like a plan for world domination!
Joel's article is one of his best. Although it can be summed up in two statements;
1. Economic theory posits that all markets are rational.
2. People do not act rationally.
Take that you free market economists!
Posted by: Andy Todd on December 16, 2004 10:27 PMJust as a counter-example to your dev tools, IntelliJ IDEA's list price is US$499 (although there's currently a holiday-special of a personal license at US$249).
Posted by: Gwyn Evans on December 22, 2004 09:20 PM