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College Students Are Buying More, Warez-ing Less

Posted by timothy on from the don't-forget-$5-copies-of-windows-and-office dept.

Keefesis writes: "This story from a researcher at the University of Florida states that software piracy among college students dropped between the 1996-97 school year and the 2000-01 school year. One reason cited is that software makers have found 'creative' ways to entice students to purchase software(rather than the heavy-handed and largely unsuccessful tactics of the RIAA)."

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  1. Re:Book Expenses by epsalon · · Score: 1, Troll

    What?!

    First of all, only rich students buy books. For the rest of us, there is the university library to take the books out. BTW- Why don't we have software in the library?

    If they are taking a Flash course, they buy the software.

    Flash Course? In college? Where do they teach this properiatary junk? Flash is not something to be taught in an academic class that same way you won't teach about PEPSI to a food engineering student.

    If they are taking a design course, they buy Photoshop
    Why buy a PhotoShop educational license when you can use GIMP for free and with no obligations? Why lock-in to properiatary apps?

    Other things like Matlab or AutoCad or Pro/E are definitly educational purchases as well.

    MATLAB is actually quite useful, but you don't have to buy it to use it. Why not have the university buy some licenses and simply use it online on the univerisity's UNIX servers. That way I also save diskspace for holding the software.

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  2. Re:i don't want to brag.... by Teh+Grammar+Patroll · · Score: 0, Troll

    What is it with you people today? There are an awful lot of posts in which the writer failed to properly capitalize the proper noun, "I".

    Additionally, this particular poster seems to have a more general problem capitalizing the words at the beginning of his/her sentences. A reminder: The proper noun "I" should always be capitalized, as should the first word in a sentence.

  3. Nobody uses that crap by g_bit · · Score: 0, Troll

    College kids are sick of being broke and want to make some money when they graduate!