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From: ahodgson@athena.mit.edu (Antony Hodgson)
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Subject: Re: Borland Educational Discount Info?
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Date: 7 Feb 91 02:14:42 GMT
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In article <27B0B211.26123@ics.uci.edu> djpadz@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (David Jay Padzensky) writes:
>In <2085@ksr.com> kenyee@ksr.com (Ken Yee) writes:
>
>>Does someone on the net know how Borland handles educational discounts?
>>(My brother wants to buy their C++ compiler and his computer store carries
>> mostly hardware.)
>
>Borland offers their educational discounts mainly through authorized
>campus dealers.  However, I suppose they could sell to individual
>students if you were to contact them.  

They do, in fact, sell directly to individuals.  If it's your first time,
they'll ask you to write a short letter describing what you want to use
their product for and certifying that you're a student (school letterhead
signed by a prof is required, if I remember correctly).  After they get
that info, they'll mail you the product.  Once you've ordered from them
once under their educational plan, you can order upgrades or additional
products simply by calling up their customer service desk and telling
them you want to order again under their scholar's program.

Hope this helps.

Tony Hodgson
ahodgson@hstbme.mit.edu