Re: Limited ;) marketing idea

From: Alan Garny (someone_at_somewhere.com)
Date: 12/03/03 

Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:32:13 -0000

"Alan Garny" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:3fcd9bc6@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Personally, I don't. Here, at Oxford University, you can get any Microsoft
> software for the cost of the media. Therefore, if the product you are
> interested requires 1 CD-Rom, then you pay £8.51 (~$15), if it is 2
CD-Roms,
> then it's £12.77 (~$22). In comparison, I had to pay £359 (~$618) for
Delphi
> 7 Enterprise, which is a VERY good price compared with the retail price,
but
> ridiculously expensive in comparison with what I paid for VS.NET... So,
> sorry, but in the end Borland IS mistreating academia... whether you like
it
> or not...
>
> ...
>
> > You might also try calling a local Borland sales rep - I seem to recall
> they
> > had site licensing available for schools, though that may not have been
in
> > the US.
>
> This is what I did and they got me in touch with a company that deals with
> academic institutions, so I got the best deal possible (see above).

Well, I have just contacted that company regarding Delphi 8 for the .NET
platform and I was told that the Architect version costs "only" £350 (~$600,
excl. VAT) or £95 for the Professional version (~$165, again excl. VAT). I
would say it's VERY good for Borland standards! <g>

    Alan.

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