Software

I've got to get this off my mind. I love great software. Software makes the system, to me; hardware always takes a backseat. But as overall software prices have risen over the past few years, some vendors seem to have gone out of their way to raise prices. While one company, such as GPSoft (Directory Opus), holds the line by retaining or lowering their upgrade price, another, such as Adobe, and Microsoft are increasing the price of some of the software by 25%-33% for their most recent upgrade. Between multiple versions which no one wants (Microsoft Vista for now, and there's already talks of a newer one coming out???) — just give me the BEST program you build, keep that other weak crap to yourself, — increasingly aggressive activation schemes, falsely marketed "Lifetime licenses," hostile EULAs (one copy per "device"), the encroachment of subscription software (boo!!), and devs who tell devoted users to either pay up, or shut up and get lost, I'm getting pissed!!!