Education prices for important software

[Bobtheduck]

I'm now a full time student in an animation program (really just wanted Computer animation, but it's a "general" animation program... Whatever) Well, i picked up this catalogue for software, you get it discounted if you're in school. For instance, the price of the Adobe Video Suite (now with Illustrator!!) is about 1/3 of it's full price for students! Then there's the 1 year license for 3ds max (probably what I'll end up getting 2 years in a row when I finally start my modeling and animating) for 180 bucks, and the complete Maya Package for about 300 (full price 2000 dollars) The only requirement is that you're a student, I'm pretty sure... You could be a major in underwater basketweaving and get it if you have a valid college ID.


http://www.journeyed.com/

A guy I lived with said he wanted to help me with my animation, but I was thinking Max full price... Well, I think I can tell him about the 1 year licenses for Max, and I can get a year from him... ^_^ After that, I can save up for the Adobe Video Suite... *starts drooling* Um... *slurp* I'm gonna go now...

O'course, it's still rather expensive, but 300 verses 2000? 600 verses 1600? Yeah...

[Lynx]

yeah student discounts are great. some companies offer them on computers too, such as apple... you can even get an educational discount on ipods! our school has a computer store on campus with everything discounted to the educational price, so you can get really really good deals in there, all it takes is a school ID!

[Slater]

I, also, could get a really cheep iPod from my school... don't want one tho because people in certain parts of the BA are practically willing to kill to steal one.

But I do get a free licence to WinXP, which is utterly useless right now.

[shooraijin]

Just watch the license. Some of these restrict what you can do with them.

[Slater]

Supposidly we're also going to get licences to Vista before it's released... (CS majors, that is)

[shooraijin]

Make sure you wash up after handling it. You don't know where it's been.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

Student education prices are very good, but restrict you from using it professionally.

[Warrior4Christ]

But I do get a free licence to WinXP, which is utterly useless right now.

Why so? I've never heard of anything like this?!?

You usually can't sell stuff you've made with academic software.

[shooraijin]

'Cos, there's no way for them to tell. But we wouldn't dare contravene a license, would we? Nooooo. Of course not. Glad we've got that settled. *coughs*

[Mithrandir]

Actually, some of the companies do throw "extra info" in final releases. A rival company to one I worked at (years ago) go caught using educational software to compile final releases of something or another and got shut down. Bottom line, if you agree to do it (or not to do it), well, there's something to be said for being honest. Most educational discount software can't be given away, either.

[Bobtheduck]

That reminds me... Am I forbidden from selling stuff edited on Movie maker or some other cheap editing software, or selling DVD's authored with the software that would come with the drive, or maybe with Nero?

[Mithrandir]

I'd read the license agreement. Most of them don't have anything like that as a clause, but you never know until you read it. As a society, we're very used to just "agree"-ing with stuff like this but it's not really a healthy trait. I've recently had to sign various documents and I've taken the time to read them all. It causes the people on the other side to get a little nervous, but I think that's a good thing.