[Glenn]

though the price varies from $10 to $150 depending on the country.

Why isn't there a "means test" price for software in the USofA?

[festus]

Why isn't there a "means test" price for software in the USofA?

Because the socialists have not yet won. But don't worry there is still time...... ;-)

[LibertarianInExile]

Because the three people who buy XP in Lesotho don't matter much to the market, but the 15 folks in the Waxahatchee trailer park could resell their OS CDs to people who are just as wealthy as Bill Gates. /sarcasm That'd be the official line, I bet, but it comes down to the fact that the average American gets squeezed by the libs' constant "give your crap to the poor or we'll get government to take it" corporate guilt-tripping.

There likely IS a means test for businesses. The bigger the corporate site license, the cheaper it probably is per station. And education gets `em cheaper, I hear.