[Vnbiz] RGE Monitor

[Shane Wall]

Hi Craig and All CACC,
   Thanks for the link Craig. As we all know "information is power".

   Yes, the cost is very steep for the current economic situation in a 
country like Vietnam. I think this is one of the MAJOR reasons why so 
much piracy occurs here, especially with software. I am the only 
authorized trainer in Vietnam for a Computer Aided Translation software 
tool called Wordfast (www.wordfast.net). The owner of this software has 
recognized that translators in developing countries simply cannot pay 
the same price as those in developed countries. Wordfast has instituted 
a sales model whereby if your payment to them comes from a developing 
country, you get your license for 50% of the developed country rate.

   The big victims of software piracy must have thought of a model like 
this and rejected it for some reason ... or have they? Wouldn't it make 
more sense to "the bottom line" to spread the penetration of legal 
software usage by reducing the cost to an affordable price in developing 
countries? I'm no accountant, but even just 20-30% of your 'full-price' 
for legal software MUST be better than the 100% you lose through piracy!

  Does anybody know or have any factual insight into why legal software 
is still so expensive (relative to the economic situation of the 
country) in Vietnam?

Shane
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Mr. Shane Wall
Managing Director

Trans Lingual Express
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Vietnam

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Craig Stevenson wrote:
> [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
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> Hi All:
>  
> There is a website that is really good called:  (roubini global 
> economic monitor, of famed economist Nouriel Roubini who will be 
> speaking at Davos this year).
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> www.rgemonitor.com <http://www.rgemonitor.com/>
>  
> It has an area for Emerging Markets, and a link for CLV 
> (Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam)
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> It is rather costly, $USD 1750 a year for a single peson to subscribe. 
> ($5000 for an educational institution regardless of number of users)
>  
> It is related to Economics, FInance, GeoPolitics, Macroeconomics, etc....
>  
> Right now if you spend some time looking around on the site there pops 
> up a free offer to get access to the site for free for a couple of weeks.
>  
> There are some really good sources, and useful research available on 
> VN and other topics.
>  
> I thought I'd send as some might be interested in the data contained 
> there.
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> Craig
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