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Microsoft gives away free software for students
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Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
Someone was kind enough to "acquire" it for me.
Just nice to have a legal version 
I've been playing around with Windows Server 2008 RC1 for the last couple of days. All set up on the home network now.
Someone was kind enough to "acquire" it for me.
Just nice to have a legal version I've been playing around with Windows Server 2008 RC1 for the last couple of days. All set up on the home network now.
Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
wow that's a cool thing!
wow that's a cool thing!
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Jannus
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Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
You people who live outside of the United States probably won't be offered the software.
We know you foreigners will use it to manufacture bombs, missiles, nuclear devices, and chemical weapons for which we will have to imprison you forever in Guantanamo.
You people who live outside of the United States probably won't be offered the software.
We know you foreigners will use it to manufacture bombs, missiles, nuclear devices, and chemical weapons for which we will have to imprison you forever in Guantanamo.
Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
Hmm? They have been doing this for YEARS. Did they suddenly need some new positive press or what? Or hmm *maybe* they did that only for IT science students .. at least I can legally download their software since I started uni.
Oh .. and also note that you are not allowed to download anything from office
Hmm? They have been doing this for YEARS. Did they suddenly need some new positive press or what? Or hmm *maybe* they did that only for IT science students .. at least I can legally download their software since I started uni.
Oh .. and also note that you are not allowed to download anything from office
Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
For Office - http://www.theultimatesteal.co.uk/ (Not free though)
US - http://www.theultimatesteal.com
Despite the name it is actually legal!
For Office - http://www.theultimatesteal.co.uk/ (Not free though)
US - http://www.theultimatesteal.com
Despite the name it is actually legal!
J
Jannus
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Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
You have toilets?
Damn! Our technology is already getting out!
Ha! If Microsoft software is soooooo bad then any bombs, missiles and nuclear devices we make will either blow up in our faces or land in a friends back yard and the chemical weapons won't remove the lime scale from our toilets
You have toilets?
Damn! Our technology is already getting out!
Apollo
Do you lick pussy?
Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
Of course you could be a Linux person...
Sorry if I attacked you (not really) but seriously, get off your 12 inch stick and admit this is a great thing. Not to mention you were expecting them to do this outside the US? It is a US company, and I am guessing they want to keep, oh idk, the US on top of its technological game.
Oh here is something else for you to be skeptical about, Microsoft is starting to support open source stuff now. (omg i think the world is falling)
Oh shut the fuck up and say how cool it is already. If this was Apple, you'd be singing their praises in four or five paragraphs.Hmm? They have been doing this for YEARS. Did they suddenly need some new positive press or what? Or hmm *maybe* they did that only for IT science students .. at least I can legally download their software since I started uni.
Oh .. and also note that you are not allowed to download anything from office
Of course you could be a Linux person...
Sorry if I attacked you (not really) but seriously, get off your 12 inch stick and admit this is a great thing. Not to mention you were expecting them to do this outside the US? It is a US company, and I am guessing they want to keep, oh idk, the US on top of its technological game.
Oh here is something else for you to be skeptical about, Microsoft is starting to support open source stuff now. (omg i think the world is falling)
Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
Calm down, I am neither apple nor ms fanboi. Plus their "free" deal is valid outside the us as well, and I said that I can't have office though to which someone replied with that link to get office for less money, but which didn't help me since it's US only. That must have been quite a pain in your patriotic balls it seems. And I don't believe they only offer it for less money in the US because they want to keep it "on top of the technolical game". You know .. they are selling it in other countries as well, and their goal to be #1 in the office market certainly is not limited to the US. But yeah, must have been a bad attempt at US bashing
sorry for that
Calm down, I am neither apple nor ms fanboi. Plus their "free" deal is valid outside the us as well, and I said that I can't have office though to which someone replied with that link to get office for less money, but which didn't help me since it's US only. That must have been quite a pain in your patriotic balls it seems. And I don't believe they only offer it for less money in the US because they want to keep it "on top of the technolical game". You know .. they are selling it in other countries as well, and their goal to be #1 in the office market certainly is not limited to the US. But yeah, must have been a bad attempt at US bashing
sorry for that 
Apollo
Do you lick pussy?
Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
But once you think about it more, it is probably more to do with cost, and the widespread piracy. Most of this technology is gonna appear hacked on torrent sites and they might want to keep the amount of people who can do it low.
And you never know, this deal might appear outside the US.
I am sorry for going overbored, and I wasn't talking about the discount. I am sure they discount it for students all around the world. I am talking about this free deal, it is probably one of the motivators.Calm down, I am neither apple nor ms fanboi. Plus their "free" deal is valid outside the us as well, and I said that I can't have office though to which someone replied with that link to get office for less money, but which didn't help me since it's US only. That must have been quite a pain in your patriotic balls it seems. And I don't believe they only offer it for less money in the US because they want to keep it "on top of the technolical game". You know .. they are selling it in other countries as well, and their goal to be #1 in the office market certainly is not limited to the US. But yeah, must have been a bad attempt at US bashing
But once you think about it more, it is probably more to do with cost, and the widespread piracy. Most of this technology is gonna appear hacked on torrent sites and they might want to keep the amount of people who can do it low.
And you never know, this deal might appear outside the US.
Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
I don't think that piracy is the main reason. As they already said open source is. As a student you can't afford to use pirated programs for work that might get some public exposure. And on the other hand you don't have much money. So what do you do? You use something for free. Like open source. You get used to it, you like the software and once done with your studies and in an important, well paid position where you are making decisions for your company .. what do you choose? Something that you already know - that open source software that served you so good when you were a student - instead of buying fancy expensive company licenses from MS.
And THAT is their fear. Or to say it in a not so nice way - they are handing out free drugs at the school yard
When I first heard about it I signed up for it on my campus and wanted to download office since I use Excel. But no way .. you got everything else besides office. Most of my papers etc I do in LaTeX so need for Word etc, and I don't need their other stuff either. Ah well at least I got to test every MS OS and even the server OSes for free
I don't think that piracy is the main reason. As they already said open source is. As a student you can't afford to use pirated programs for work that might get some public exposure. And on the other hand you don't have much money. So what do you do? You use something for free. Like open source. You get used to it, you like the software and once done with your studies and in an important, well paid position where you are making decisions for your company .. what do you choose? Something that you already know - that open source software that served you so good when you were a student - instead of buying fancy expensive company licenses from MS.
And THAT is their fear. Or to say it in a not so nice way - they are handing out free drugs at the school yard
When I first heard about it I signed up for it on my campus and wanted to download office since I use Excel. But no way .. you got everything else besides office. Most of my papers etc I do in LaTeX so need for Word etc, and I don't need their other stuff either. Ah well at least I got to test every MS OS and even the server OSes for free
Apollo
Do you lick pussy?
Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
Furthermore, nothing can compare to the power of the CS3 suite. I mean I could go for some open source junk, but it isn't apart of my curriculum and it isnt as good. That is the same thing here. The reason these things cost so much is that they are worked on till perfection. There is no real good open source equivalent for half this stuff. And if people are going to be using such software like Microsoft is offering, chances are they will be taking a class on it in college, and they will need it anyway. So if Microsoft hadn't of offered this for free, it would have just become part of their college expenses. What is another $2000 when you are paying $20000 for college?
The people you find using open source software of this caliber are hobbyist, and developers who are just seeing how good it is compared.
Microsoft was scared of open source though. WAS being the operative word. Microsoft is now embracing, and helping the open source community.
That isnt the reason at all. I am about to study graphics design in college, and Adobe CS3 will be what they will be teaching me, and it runs a few thousand dollars, so it is completely out of my price range.I don't think that piracy is the main reason. As they already said open source is. As a student you can't afford to use pirated programs for work that might get some public exposure. And on the other hand you don't have much money. So what do you do? You use something for free. Like open source. You get used to it, you like the software and once done with your studies and in an important, well paid position where you are making decisions for your company .. what do you choose? Something that you already know - that open source software that served you so good when you were a student - instead of buying fancy expensive company licenses from MS.
And THAT is their fear. Or to say it in a not so nice way - they are handing out free drugs at the school yard
When I first heard about it I signed up for it on my campus and wanted to download office since I use Excel. But no way .. you got everything else besides office. Most of my papers etc I do in LaTeX so need for Word etc, and I don't need their other stuff either. Ah well at least I got to test every MS OS and even the server OSes for free
Furthermore, nothing can compare to the power of the CS3 suite. I mean I could go for some open source junk, but it isn't apart of my curriculum and it isnt as good. That is the same thing here. The reason these things cost so much is that they are worked on till perfection. There is no real good open source equivalent for half this stuff. And if people are going to be using such software like Microsoft is offering, chances are they will be taking a class on it in college, and they will need it anyway. So if Microsoft hadn't of offered this for free, it would have just become part of their college expenses. What is another $2000 when you are paying $20000 for college?
The people you find using open source software of this caliber are hobbyist, and developers who are just seeing how good it is compared.
Microsoft was scared of open source though. WAS being the operative word. Microsoft is now embracing, and helping the open source community.
Jeimuzu
The Ire Brigade
Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
MSDNAA has been around for ages. Any time I want Microsoft software, that's what I use.
Oddly enough, I'm too lazy. I'm getting openoffice instead. Hahaha!
MSDNAA has been around for ages. Any time I want Microsoft software, that's what I use.
Oddly enough, I'm too lazy. I'm getting openoffice instead. Hahaha!
Apollo
Do you lick pussy?
Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
Why would you spend $1000 on MSDN and not use it?
Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
MSDNAA = microsoft developers network academic alliance. the program where students get the software for free. as i said it's been running since years.
and you really can't compare photoshop to office or any other MS software ..
MSDNAA = microsoft developers network academic alliance. the program where students get the software for free. as i said it's been running since years.
and you really can't compare photoshop to office or any other MS software ..
Apollo
Do you lick pussy?
Re: Microsoft gives away free software for student
OOOOO I was thinking of the MSDN (microsoft developers network) which costs a few thousand dollars to get. You get several product keys for blah blah blah.
I thought the AA part was a typo or something.
Office is the standard for business. I mean you could go into the business world and exlusively use openoffice.org, but it wont have half of what office has, and in the end, you will have to make it a word document.
Now the things they are offering to the students are very powerful programs, that aren't easily mimicked by a group of programmers who have a slight vision. But hey, if you want to use the opensource equivalent. I support open source, but it just isnt as complete as the Microsoft products. People have to realize that companies like Microsoft and Apple get to where they are because they know how to make a product, and they have the customer support behind them.
OOOOO I was thinking of the MSDN (microsoft developers network) which costs a few thousand dollars to get. You get several product keys for blah blah blah.
I thought the AA part was a typo or something.
Office is the standard for business. I mean you could go into the business world and exlusively use openoffice.org, but it wont have half of what office has, and in the end, you will have to make it a word document.
Now the things they are offering to the students are very powerful programs, that aren't easily mimicked by a group of programmers who have a slight vision. But hey, if you want to use the opensource equivalent. I support open source, but it just isnt as complete as the Microsoft products. People have to realize that companies like Microsoft and Apple get to where they are because they know how to make a product, and they have the customer support behind them.