its no joke... I had a professor who disliked wikipedia too... wikis produce accurate information only in the long run, and many entries are new in the last year, and there probably are innacuracies. Of course he never had a problem if you cited other sources to confirm the wiki
The point is that if there is a free non-crippleware alternative to a non-free application, the free one tends to get the use. I agree- there is no way I'm shelling out $99 for visual studio academic when I can download pro for free (not that academic vs. pro makes one bit of a difference for a student - all the stuff pro offers is targetted at enterprise developers, and is useless to me as a hobby game programmer. Hell, make the free version disallow selling the executable for profit - any kid smart enough to write software with value is smart enough to cover his ass when he starts profiting). If you take a less monopolized market (like the modelling software market i mentioned earlier), and Maya was free while 3DS was $200, virtually everone would use Maya. Maya would gain a userbase, and all these students would be proficient on their software and thus more likely to turn to it as a solution in the business world.
It's late, but I guess my point is that you missed my point. I agree with you and original parent. I just think it would make economic sense for developers to take advantage of this not-for-profit audience.
Every programmer and artist I know all learned on pirated SW.
SW piracy has contributed tremendously to the growth of the SW industry, video game development, movie FX, and countless other industries.
Comapnies like Adobe OWE a LOT to piracy, as I've never met a PS user who didn't owe some part of his/her PS skills to pirated copies, and who would have been as likly to support a PS purchase without piracy.
This is probably exactly why many development firms release educational versions of their software for noncommercial use. VS 2003 Academic costs $99 at my school bookstore. I suspect that many pirates would gladly prefer a company that releases a free or cheap version over pirating an expensive one. Many game developers and mod writers use gmax over Maya, because its free - and this turns over into 3DSMax sales when these hackers get themselves hired.
I suspect that free educational versions is the way of the future... give it 15 more years for the corperations to catch up with common sense.
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You wouldn't be talking about i2p, the site linked in your sig, now would you? I hope the lead dev doesn't bite your head off...
Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to be missing from your comment ... like the body or the subject!)
its no joke... I had a professor who disliked wikipedia too...
wikis produce accurate information only in the long run, and many entries are new in the last year, and there probably are innacuracies.
Of course he never had a problem if you cited other sources to confirm the wiki
flamebait? This is why I boost flamebaits +4...
I hope I get to metamod your post... I would love to bitch slap your moderator
Shut the fuck up, and welcome to slashdot
note to self: don't give trolls +4 bonus
is +5 flamebait even possible without user assigned bonuses?
By this, you mean yourself :)
I am 19 and in college for computer engineering.
The point is that if there is a free non-crippleware alternative to a non-free application, the free one tends to get the use. I agree- there is no way I'm shelling out $99 for visual studio academic when I can download pro for free (not that academic vs. pro makes one bit of a difference for a student - all the stuff pro offers is targetted at enterprise developers, and is useless to me as a hobby game programmer. Hell, make the free version disallow selling the executable for profit - any kid smart enough to write software with value is smart enough to cover his ass when he starts profiting). If you take a less monopolized market (like the modelling software market i mentioned earlier), and Maya was free while 3DS was $200, virtually everone would use Maya. Maya would gain a userbase, and all these students would be proficient on their software and thus more likely to turn to it as a solution in the business world.
It's late, but I guess my point is that you missed my point. I agree with you and original parent. I just think it would make economic sense for developers to take advantage of this not-for-profit audience.
This is probably exactly why many development firms release educational versions of their software for noncommercial use. VS 2003 Academic costs $99 at my school bookstore. I suspect that many pirates would gladly prefer a company that releases a free or cheap version over pirating an expensive one. Many game developers and mod writers use gmax over Maya, because its free - and this turns over into 3DSMax sales when these hackers get themselves hired.
I suspect that free educational versions is the way of the future... give it 15 more years for the corperations to catch up with common sense.
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you may be trolling, but I agree 100%
that sonic boom you just heard was the joke hitting mach one over your head
The adpotion of this technology is marked by a sudden decrease of the value of Penthouse rags while tinfoil becomes a precious metal.
This is marked by a sudden decrease of the value of Penthouse rags while tinfoil becomes a precious metal.
That made me laugh out loud.
and of course, it was modded funny, offtopic, and troll. not a flamebait in sight. lovely
Mod me with balls, you fucking pussy.
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You read geek news, and have never heard of CMU? Climb back under your rock.
The gun analogy is flamebait. *ducks troll mod*
I'm (relatively) new here, and I have mod points for the first time today - what the hell are you talking about?