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RE: Piracy (was RE: recommend a book on Framemaker)
Subject:RE: Piracy (was RE: recommend a book on Framemaker) From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:techwr-l digest recipients <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 23 Jun 2000 16:32:20 -0700
Peter Gold <peter -at- highsoft -dot- com> wrote:
>As far as I know (I am a FrameMaker trainer, working for a FrameMaker
>reseller), the educational version is complete in every respect EXCEPT in
>its ability to upgrade to a new release. Instead of upgrading, you need to
>purchase the new version, if you are still a valid student/faculty person.
>However, the cost of the student version is about the same as the upgrade
>price for a full version.
Unless Adobe has changed its policy in the last year or so,
educational versions of its products aren't tracked separately.
Once you have a license of any sort, Adobe seems to upgrade
freely.
I assume that Adobe does this because many of its customers are
long-term. The educational discounts draw people in, and then the
company makes money off them on each upgrade.
--
Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
Contributing Editor, Maximum Linux
bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com | Tel: 604.421.7189
"I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root.
It is what you fear.
I do not fear it: I have been there."
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