And, you are so right about Adobe. How do they live with themselves? They are the only software that I can't keep up with as far as upgrading.
I know. Both MS and Adobe need to take it easy. If they reduced the price, they wouldn't be in the Piratebay's top 100 downloads for past 9 years. I know very few people that actually legitimately buy them. I'm probably the only one out of my friends.
Larger organizations get them so cheap. Schools get Office 2010 Pro and Acrobat for less than $100. Windows 7 Enterprise for <$30. It's the people in the middle that really have to pay the price.