More like whatever someone is willing to pay for it. There is correlation with performance, but it's far far from perfect, especially the kind of performance we

More like whatever someone is willing to pay for it. There is correlation with performance, but it's far far from perfect, especially the kind of performance we're talking about here (long-term technical foundations). People $4,000 for brand-name Whatever™ designer clothes. It's not really worth $4,000 in any real sense, other than what someone is willing to pay for it.