[Vnbiz] RGE Monitor

Wed Jan 9 08:27:10 PST 2008

Shane:

Yes the cost is steep, and in know way do I represent them but for an
organization who trades on the data, even a university with thousands of
students, perhaps it's not too bad. ($5000 for 2000 students divided by 365
days is around 100 dong per head by my quick mental calculation).  Frankly
the site is well worth it but then perhaps the content is a little too high
for most undergrads, and populations of researchers to small to make the
cost as cheap as I imply.

As to software, and despite lip-service to the opposite, I suspect that
creators/providers of software, mostly, are turning a blind eye to current
piracy in hope of future rents as nations develop while populations and
businesses are reared on their products.  Of course there will be token
attempts to encourage large users, with steeply discounted licenses, to
register legal software and I should imagine that large FIC's must/do use
licensed software as part of being honest for protecting (presenting a
solid philosophical platform to protect) their own intellectual property.

You speak to more affordable solutions and I suspect at present they haven't
been able to figure out a way to do this effectively without cannibalizing
their products.  In fact, companies like Microsoft do give alot of their
products away to organizations/educators/students around the world.  The
link to the site that they use for this was lost many computers ago but I am
sure it is still existent. In fact, there were producers of refrigerators
and all sorts of products that do this; they do this cautiouslyas they want
to ensure it is going to intended recicipients.

I guess plain and simple, software is a product that is less tangible,
people like it, people want it, people need it,but if it can be purchased on
something as cheap as a low quality cd then it can't be worth much can it.
Large corporations can wait for rents, small players are inhibited by the
possible immorality of those who could pay but don't, and are unaffected by
those who would never be able to pay,but may benefit, assuming they can
survive, from people using it and being able to pay in the long run.

Were they to price by market, it might be that some large players would
undermine consumer belief in the value of this, largely, intangible product.

Back to RGE, remember that it is free for a few weeks, with some extra time
you can extract alot of good information if you so desire.

Craig

On Jan 9, 2008 8:09 AM, Shane Wall <shane.wall at translingualexpress.com>
wrote:

> [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
>
>
> 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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> Craig Stevenson wrote:
> > [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > www.rgemonitor.com <http://www.rgemonitor.com/>
> >
> > It has an area for Emerging Markets, and a link for CLV
> > (Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam)
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Craig
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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