The reason they're not "Warez"-ing so much is because they get ridiculous discounts on software......like I should have to pay $349 to upgrade my borland license, when a college student can buy the exact same package ( yeah, like if he's worth half his salt, he's not going to use it to write software for someone and get paid ), for only $100. If you go to any of the local computer shows...you'll see vendors reselling these exact same packages that they've bought of "starving" students and reselling them at HUNDREDS of dollars off what their retail prices are.....
How about actually selling things like Visual Studio.Net Enterprise Developer at something realistic, not $1079 as an UPGRADE. Puh-leez.
Where the hell is my old student ID, anyway ?
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The reason they're not "Warez"-ing so much is because they get ridiculous discounts on software......like I should have to pay $349 to upgrade my borland license, when a college student can buy the exact same package ( yeah, like if he's worth half his salt, he's not going to use it to write software for someone and get paid ), for only $100. If you go to any of the local computer shows...you'll see vendors reselling these exact same packages that they've bought of "starving" students and reselling them at HUNDREDS of dollars off what their retail prices are..... How about actually selling things like Visual Studio.Net Enterprise Developer at something realistic, not $1079 as an UPGRADE. Puh-leez. Where the hell is my old student ID, anyway ? M