CompuServe Messages

Alan, I've sold Autodesk products for over (5) five years now and not once in those five years has a student ever purchased a full blown legal copy of AutoCAD or 3D Studio from me upon graduation…nor from the other 5 dealers I speak to on a regular basis. Much as I would like to encourage the use of Autodesks products in our Schools and Universities I don't think giving "Students" a Price Break on full blown copies is a wise decision. Therefore I would support the "Boys" doing some extra work to put together Student Versions that could not be Pirated. On the other hand since I've never had a student purchase a legal copy of software from me I could care less and wouldn't blame them if they didn't produce such a product. The Ol' "Well Students Eventually Get Hired" Argument doesn't wash with me either…Yes they may get hired but they aren't going to be put in charge of "Purchasing" anytime soon and It's also been my experience that Students that Pirate Software become Employees that Pirate Software and we all know what that leads to…Can You Say S a n d r a B o u l t o n. In any event I'm Highly suspect of "Students" crying for further discounts…."Sure go ahead….Pull the other one". <g> Murph'