Tech has the absolute worst price gouging of any industry. The profit margins are totally insane.
People complain about Kroger with a 1% margin, if only they knew who was actually bending them over.
People complain about Kroger with a 1% margin, if only they knew who was actually bending them over.
There are free alternatives to Microsoft Office, but you would never get your money back using them in a corporate environment, as with Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, people come knowing those things.
The cost of software is overwhelmingly not the cash price.