Re: Looking for Academic version of Delphi?

From: Nick Hodges [TeamB] (nickhodges_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/14/04


Date: 14 Oct 2004 08:24:26 -0700

Eric Grange wrote:

>
> Buying a development tool that is castrated into an expensive toy
> by its license just doesn't make any sense, especially when the
> alternatives are free and mainstream.

Are you serious? Does /any/ software company allow commercial use of
an academic license? Isn't that sort of the point of an academic
version?

Why not just give away Architect to anyone that ever went to any school
anywhere and let them have a full, commercial license?

Sheesh.

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