On 4/22/2018 1:13 PM, J Martin Rushton wrote:
Still doesn't work with my notions of authority and respect for learning
but then I'll readily admit to them being sort-of nonstandard. Though I
would not call them unreasonable.
Hmm, but Avid are being clever though. Let Joe public have a cut down
version - they won't buy at full price so nothing is lost. Get the
students who will want all the "bells and whistles" used to the full
version, and in 3 years time sting them for £££.
Yes. That's the entire business model: give students at college free
Microsoft Office, get them hooked, and "used to it" - then they're a
customer for life when they buy the full version down the
road...again and again.
Adobe, Microsoft, Avid...too many to count.
Clever indeed.
In an evil way.
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