On 31/10/2011 23:22, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:10:48 -0000, Rick Hughes wrote:

Anybody used the 'student' route to buy MS software ?

Yes, very good value and shows how much money MS is ripping ordinary
business or retail customers off with the charge what the market will
stand stance.

How much did you think a mass produced CD and case cost to make then? ;-)

Of course it might be cross subsidised on the basis of
getting children and families hooked on MS products early means they
make more sales overall, as machines are upgraded etc.

That will have a large part to play. As will the deals they will do with
large OEM, or less than copyright friendly nations to sell their product
at almost any cost if it means maintaining the whole eco system and
keeping users aware from competitive products.

All you need is a family member in fulltime education. IIRC the
licence you get allows the software to be loaded on up to three
machines simultaneously but as this is MS read the small print...

It varies with the package. There are signs that they are starting to
soften a little on the home user in general...


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Cheers,

John.

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