20 Aug
2008
20 Aug
'08
8:19 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin cisin at xenosoft.com
Sent 8/20/2008 8:05:58 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: OT: Microsoft crazy academic deal
Microsoft "academic pricing" is always in that range.
It is not always the same for different schools.
Where I teach, MICROS~1 wants $45 for Office or Vista, and $55 for visual
studio.
all year long.
http://old.foundationccc.org/msca/default.aspx
That site only covers 6 states. I live in Florida, which is NOT on the list at that site.
This is a full retail Office 2007 Ultimate, 2-computer license (1 desktop, 1 laptop), for
$59.95.
As for Vista, that site has Vista Business, not Ultimate. Business lacks all the
Multimedia/Media Center portions of Vista.
Tony
20 Aug
20 Aug
8:49 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, tonym wrote:
That site only covers 6 states. I live in Florida,
which is NOT on the list at that site.
This is a full retail Office 2007 Ultimate, 2-computer license (1 desktop, 1 laptop), for
$59.95.
As for Vista, that site has Vista Business, not Ultimate. Business lacks all the
Multimedia/Media Center portions of Vista.
Yes, there are a lot of different deals and places to do it through.
A better starting point than the one I use and posted, is:
http://www.microsoft.com/education/eligible.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/Education/USAcademicPricing.mspx
Shop around for varying deals, but do NOT fall for "you gotta buy by
midnight".
If your school has subscribed to the MSDN Academic Alliance, then you
can copy certain products for free, if you promise to erase them when you
graduate.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/default.aspx
Microsoft "support" for "academic editions" is rather limited.
PLEASE don't ever pay retail for MICROS~1 products!
9:19 p.m.
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 20 Aug 2008 at 17:49, Fred Cisin wrote:
Around that time just to prove that "Bob" was a piece of junk, someone
created "Bubba". As I recall, it seemed to work better than the Microsoft
product. I think this is it:
http://www.crummy.com/warren/files/picks/bubba.zip
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David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
PLEASE don't ever pay retail for MICROS~1
products!
So, who has the best price for "Bob"?
9:48 p.m.
New subject: UI (Was: OT: Microsoft crazy academic deal
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, David Griffith wrote:
Around that time just to prove that "Bob"
was a piece of junk, someone
created "Bubba". As I recall, it seemed to work better than the Microsoft
product. I think this is it:
http://www.crummy.com/warren/files/picks/bubba.zip
Thank you for the topic drift!
Is that the same one as:
http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-13624-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=2692…
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
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