The real problem is that those same pointy-haired bosses create a positive feedback loop when they look at prices. If company A is charging $50,000/year for a

The real problem is that those same pointy-haired bosses create a positive feedback loop when they look at prices. If company A is charging $50,000/year for a product, and company B charging only $500/year for a competing product, the PHB immediatly wants to know what's wrong with product B, and never asks why company A is gouging them. It creates incentive for "enterprise" companies to continue charging exorbitant prices, because PHB's tend to conflate price with value...