Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mailrus!ncar!boulder!ccncsu!hemstree From: hemstree@handel.CS.Colostate.Edu (charles he hemstreet) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Software piracy Message-ID: Date: 13 Jun 90 14:32:00 GMT References: <56447.2673B586@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> <1990Jun12.160915.5685@portia.Stanford.EDU> <26913.26750102@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> Sender: news@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU Organization: Colorado State University, CS Dept. Lines: 36 In-reply-to: ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu's message of 12 Jun 90 14:49:38 GMT In article <26913.26750102@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (C. Irby)) writes: Path: ccncsu!boulder!ncar!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!ntvaxb!ac08 From: ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (C. Irby)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Date: 12 Jun 90 14:49:38 GMT References: <56447.2673B586@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> <1990Jun12.160915.5685@portia.Stanford.EDU> Lines: 38 In article <1990Jun12.160915.5685@portia.Stanford.EDU>, jinx@portia.Stanford.EDU (Dane Spearing) writes: > In article <56447.2673B586@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Chuck.Arelei@f31.n343.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Chuck Arelei) writes: [misc stuff deleted] > here at Stanford, you can purchase Microsoft Word 4.0 (new, with all > documentation) for $75. Compare this with the cheapest mail-order > houses at around $250. The only difference in the product is that it > comes in a box that says "Academic Package" on it. No difference in > documentation or the program itself. I'd call these pretty low prices! > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Uhhh... Don't think that's totally correct. I checked into it quite a bit before I bought my academic version MS Word 4.0. There are some things you don't get with the academic version. (Templates, some documentation, etc.) I still like my academic version just as much if not better then the $250 package! :-) Just a little FYI. Chip -- !===========================================================================! ! Charles H. Hemstreet IV !internet: hemstree@handel.cs.Colostate.Edu ! ! Colorado State University ! "stay out of trouble!" -RoboCop ! !===========================================================================!