[Gunslingr3]

The point is you get what you pay for. If you want a cheap immitation that doesn't really meet your needs by all means get one made in China. If your going to bank your business on it maybe it's worth the extra money. You have to spend money to make money.

What if the cheaper product does meet your needs? Should you pay more for it and thereby lower your standard of living and trap capital in a less productive production structure?

[RockyMtnMan]

If your willing to risk having poor product support, delays in bug fixes, etc to save $40k maybe your time to profitability is too short or unrealistic. Custom software is expensive for a reason.

The software my company makes can run into the millions, but over a short period of time will save the customer many more millions than their initial investment.

Todays managers are not capable of thinking long term, something the Chinese are very good at.