Misleading monopoly

摘要

The item reporting Stephen Hodder's suggestion for a pay-as-you-go CAD software licensing illustrates (no pun intended) an on-going dilemma (AJ 06.09.1 2). Most practices are not going to get on to any central government project lists and BIM is therefore, mostly, an irrelevance. However, the cost and licensing arrangements for AutoCAD are not. You don't have to buy a Hoover to vacuum the floor, and the perception of a monopoly can lead to the delusion that a manufacturer can charge beyond an economic price for its products.