I was going to write something whiny here, but when I opened the course site I reconsidered. I'm from the Netherlands, and based on that, got a 20% discount.
Which is only fair, given that we're a developing nation and all that, but a first for me. We normally pay +20%. So I'm now totally convinced of PPP being fair.
On an unrelated note, SaaS prices can lead to funny situations, especially when tangible costs per customer approach zero. At work we were negotiating with a SaaS vendor.
Them: our quote for your intended use is 230K/y.
Us: Actually, we only have 20K of budget.
Them: That'll work too.
Makes you wonder how far below 20K we could have gone.
Which is only fair, given that we're a developing nation and all that, but a first for me. We normally pay +20%. So I'm now totally convinced of PPP being fair.
On an unrelated note, SaaS prices can lead to funny situations, especially when tangible costs per customer approach zero. At work we were negotiating with a SaaS vendor.
Them: our quote for your intended use is 230K/y. Us: Actually, we only have 20K of budget. Them: That'll work too.
Makes you wonder how far below 20K we could have gone.