On 5/1/2012 8:26 AM, RicodJour wrote:
On Apr 30, 11:30 pm, Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
On 4/30/2012 4:45 PM, RicodJour wrote:
On Apr 30, 4:45 pm, Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
On 4/30/2012 3:00 PM, RicodJour wrote:
It's interesting that you picked $50 as your threshold, Bill. The
education version of SketchUp Pro costs $49. They ask for an .edu
email address, but they'll send all the registration info to a second
email address as well. If you're not using SketchUp commercially it's
a white lie - akin to telling a woman that the jeans she's wearing
don't make her ass look huge. 
The educational version is good for "1" year.
This is true. Think of it as an installment plan while's he mulling
over the purchase.
You can think of it that way but I doubt the software company would
think of it that way. He would certainly have to pay the full price in
addition to what he had already spent.
Google explicitly states that there will be no verification of
the .edu address beyond it being a working one. Google will not come
after a home woodworker.
You totally missed my point. If he uses the $50, 1 year limit of the
pro version, you indicated to think of that as an installment plan while
he thinks it over while mulling over the purchase.
So lets say he decides to not buy the program, he is out the $50 in one
year. That "installment" is not gone. Say he decides to buy the pro
version, he now is out the original $50 plus the cost of the full license.
Best to use the free evaluation of the pro version to decide if he wants
to buy the unlimited pro version.
Basically an installment plan is not mentioned as an offer. He pays
full price plus the educational price should he decide to go legit.
Maybe Google would appreciate being able to count on his $50/year cash
flow. Lump sum payments are frequently a cause of overspending and
getting into financial difficulty down the road. Google might be
tempted to buy a $3.7 billion dollar company with sketchy (ahem)
financials because of that extra four hundred bucks burning a hole in
its pockets. The installment plan would stop Google from throwing its
money away.
R