Microsoft gives its software to students
Such examples of competition utility for consumers do not often occur! The two giants of the software industry, Microsoft and Adobe, have recently been stubbornly competing on several fronts at once, continue to amaze us with their generosity, blatantly aimed at getting more and more users into their products. Following the news that Adobe is drastically reducing prices for students on graphic and design software of slightly outdated versions, the time has come for Microsoft to respond. And this move is impressive.
On Tuesday, DreamSpark earned a website where every student who has passed the confirmation procedure that he is such can freely and absolutely free download professional versions of Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, Expression Studio 2008, XNA Game Studio 2.0, SQL Server 2005 and Windows Server packages. 2003, not counting the whole scattering of specialized development environments (C #, C ++, J #, etc.). So, without a single pitfall, seriously.
In an interview with AP, Bill Gates honestly admitted that at first the company would suffer losses due to lost profits, but he is confident that in the future they will pay for themselves many times because students accustomed to MS products will demand from their employers corporate licenses for them.
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It is worth noting only that residents of far from all countries can go through the procedure of confirming their student status. However, cooperation for this purpose with local and international student organizations (in particular, ISIC, whose membership cards can often be found in the pockets of our compatriots) should quickly bear fruit.
On Tuesday, DreamSpark earned a website where every student who has passed the confirmation procedure that he is such can freely and absolutely free download professional versions of Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, Expression Studio 2008, XNA Game Studio 2.0, SQL Server 2005 and Windows Server packages. 2003, not counting the whole scattering of specialized development environments (C #, C ++, J #, etc.). So, without a single pitfall, seriously.
In an interview with AP, Bill Gates honestly admitted that at first the company would suffer losses due to lost profits, but he is confident that in the future they will pay for themselves many times because students accustomed to MS products will demand from their employers corporate licenses for them.
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It is worth noting only that residents of far from all countries can go through the procedure of confirming their student status. However, cooperation for this purpose with local and international student organizations (in particular, ISIC, whose membership cards can often be found in the pockets of our compatriots) should quickly bear fruit.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/20507/
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