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This is more theory than observation. But since platform changes produce what I call “catastrophic pricing collapse” we should see application prices drop as mobile pressures desktop pricing. Think about the change from mainframes and minis to PCs, the price of the original Peachtree software (once priced at $5,000) to low-end list prices today, the amazing drop in storage pricing, all accompanied by increased capacity and performance.