Re: Borland snubbing out the hobbyist programmers with Delphi 2005

From: Erwien Saputra (erwien_at_nospam.codeilne.dot.net)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: 16 Oct 2004 09:45:27 -0700

Nick Hodges [TeamB] wrote:
> Erwien Saputra wrote:
>
> > I do not understand what do you mean by that. I always prefer full
> > license over academic license. I bought Delphi academic version
> > once, and my regret was, there is no upgrade path to get a
> > commercial license.
>
> We've been discussing the possibility of removing any restriction on
> the academic license for commercial development.

That troubles me. On one hand, I like the idea, on the other hand,
what will prevent ebay from selling unrestricted academic license? I
do not think academic pricing gives profit.

Wien.

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