Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!gatech!prism!bb16 From: bb16@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Bostater) Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal Upgrade Message-ID: <17129@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 15 Nov 90 12:59:33 GMT References: Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 31 In article hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hokkun Pang) writes: >I think Borland's upgrade policy for the educational market is really not >as nice. In one sentence: they have no upgrade prices for academic versions! >They always price the academic version at about the same price as the upgrade. >So in the long run, the difference between investing on a academic version >or a commercial version is only in the price you paid the first time. But for >that price, you don't get user support for the rest of your life and you can't >sell any of the older versions. I upgraded TP 5.0 to TP 5.5 for $15 through our school bookstore. The only problem with it was that it was three months after TP 5.5 had been released :-(. Apparently, Borland supplies retail sellers first and acedemics last (which I can understand given their acedemic pricing policies). I just wish that Borland would accept acedemic upgrades over their 800 phone number so I wouldn't have to wait so long. As far as I know they don't have a solid upgrade policy. I think that I just lucked into a good deal. Our bookstore did not announce this upgrade policy, I just overheard another person upgrading his copy and started asking questions. I was not able to get a similar deal on the Quattro to Quattro Plus upgrade :-( Bottom Line: Keep checking with your university's bookstore/computer store. They may let you upgrade at a cheaper price just to keep you from bothering them :-). At worst case you'll just have to buy a new copy at close to what the upgrade offer is. -- Scott Bostater Georgia Tech Research Institute - Radar Systems Analysis "My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him" -Ps 62.1 uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!bb16 Internet: bb16@prism.gatech.edu