Another consideration is vendors’ pricing structures. Vendor pricing isn’t based on the cost
of creating CDs and DVDs and packaging them. Product prices are based on cost for development,
testing, documentation support, shipping, and research and development for future
improvements. In addition, vendors are for-profit organizations; they have investors to pay,
too. Keep in mind that for vendors to be around next year to provide products and services
for you, they need to make money.