"The UK is being ripped off again"

Actually, anything non-US is being ripped off. Part of the price difference is due to VAT policies, part of it is due to export taxes from the US.

Some companies also want more money from non-US customers than from US customers. Apple and Adobe for example. As far as I know, Microsoft is one of the few software vendors that do not care what nationality the customer has - as long as MS gets their $ (don't know how much exactly) per license, they don't give a damn whether you're American, British or Swahili.

pakled: that's what I remember too. '91, that was before Novell bought WordPerfect, isn't it? 500 British pounds was about 1800 Dutch guilders in those days.

By the way, I think Vista is too expensive for what it delivers.

The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter

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