Use OSS tools. They're free, cost you poor poor students nothing. Fair enough, except there isnt an Australian university I know of that teaches using Open Source tools, at least, in the fields that require Office tools.
We've all been taught using Microsoft Office, I'm comfortable with it, I know how to use it, and when you're writing research papers that require extremely specific formatting, I'm not going to waste my time trying to produce the same result on Open Office, when I've already been shown dozens of times how to do it in MS Office.
OSS software Is useless for a student unless the educational institution is teaching it, and they're definitely not teaching it to me.
Until they do, I'll gladly shell out $75 for a $1050 software suite.
It's funny how all the OSS advocates get bitter about things like this, "Microsoft is still leveraging It's monopoly!" Well guess what, if there was an OSS app that was better than the Microsoft alternative, then It'd be used as standard within a university environment.
Ive yet to see that happen, outside of OSS programming tools.
But you pay the full whack for the rest, sonny boy.
Is is just me or have I seem the same tactic used to get people hooked on recreational pharmaceuticals? What do you mean?
$75 covers the entire Office 2007 suite, an unlimited licence. I bought mine yesterday, and the only thing different from the Office 2007 Ultimate retail package (which retails for around $1050AU) is that you dont get a fancy retail box or any install media (its a digital download from either Microsoft themselves, or Australia's highspeed university network).
Microsoft are giving us poor university students a bit of a break on software that is normally completely unaffordable for us, and i say more companies should take a leaf for their book.
I get the impression that the GPU clock speed drops are more to do with heat issues than any other technical problem.
The PS3 doesnt really look that cooling friendly, especially if we're to believe the PSU is inside the case.
Isn't a convention of this type designed to attract tourism to our city?
In fact, the Convention Centre is probably best suited to a trade show of this type, considering the multiple showrooms, presentation rooms, and seated theatre.
I'm looking forward to seeing what companies come down here, as the site only lists nVidia at this point, but I'm hoping a few more big names in the hardware and software arenas come down too.
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We've all been taught using Microsoft Office, I'm comfortable with it, I know how to use it, and when you're writing research papers that require extremely specific formatting, I'm not going to waste my time trying to produce the same result on Open Office, when I've already been shown dozens of times how to do it in MS Office.
OSS software Is useless for a student unless the educational institution is teaching it, and they're definitely not teaching it to me. Until they do, I'll gladly shell out $75 for a $1050 software suite.
It's funny how all the OSS advocates get bitter about things like this, "Microsoft is still leveraging It's monopoly!" Well guess what, if there was an OSS app that was better than the Microsoft alternative, then It'd be used as standard within a university environment.
Ive yet to see that happen, outside of OSS programming tools.
Is is just me or have I seem the same tactic used to get people hooked on recreational pharmaceuticals? What do you mean?
$75 covers the entire Office 2007 suite, an unlimited licence.
I bought mine yesterday, and the only thing different from the Office 2007 Ultimate retail package (which retails for around $1050AU) is that you dont get a fancy retail box or any install media (its a digital download from either Microsoft themselves, or Australia's highspeed university network).
Microsoft are giving us poor university students a bit of a break on software that is normally completely unaffordable for us, and i say more companies should take a leaf for their book.
I get the impression that the GPU clock speed drops are more to do with heat issues than any other technical problem. The PS3 doesnt really look that cooling friendly, especially if we're to believe the PSU is inside the case.
Isn't a convention of this type designed to attract tourism to our city? In fact, the Convention Centre is probably best suited to a trade show of this type, considering the multiple showrooms, presentation rooms, and seated theatre. I'm looking forward to seeing what companies come down here, as the site only lists nVidia at this point, but I'm hoping a few more big names in the hardware and software arenas come down too.