Why is RISC OS 4 so expensive?
RISC OS 4 is the first major upgrade for current machines since RISC OS 3, which was first released 8 years ago. RISC OS 3 upgrades originally cost 89 inc VAT. During the same period an upgrade from DOS to Windows 95 would have cost 135 and a further upgrade to Windows 98 would cost 89 (source Watford Electronics adverts). The price of RISC OS 4 upgrades has been set to allow for the future development of RISC OS not to make a fat profit for RISCOS Ltd. Don’t forget that RISCOS Ltd is not making hardware, so it cannot use profits from computers to subsidise operating system software.
