Re: (Re: For Robert Craig) stop whining
> From: Of Aku
> I very agree with that. i even can get 20CDs of other programming
> languages.
>
> I think euphoria is too expensive, in my country, with $39 I can buy
> about 40-80 times my daily food. Discount?
Don't know which country you're from (.as ?), but having a pipeline for
pirated software doesn't give you any bargaining power.
MS suggests $549 for Visual C++ (that's what they sell it for on their web
page). I got a copy of the entire Visual Studio (VC++, VB, VJ++, VFoxPro,
VInterDev) for about $50. But it was entirely legal. My school is part of
MS's education program, where students and faculty can get personal licenses
of various software for very cheap.
Maybe if you found some sort of tie in of your own, like getting your school
to teach Eu, and could commit to getting x licenses purchased, you could
work out something similar with Rob. This way everyone wins. Eu gets wider
exposure through being taught at school, Rob gets more money, and you can
get your discount on the software. It's unfortunate that you can't afford
the $39, but it's still really cheap. You probably can't afford a car,
either (at least around here, they go for a lot more than $39), but you
probably don't expect some huge discount from your local car dealer (normal
haggling excluded). You're probably also not getting one for cheap at the
local parking lot, like you claim to be doing with software.
Bragging about software piracy to a group of programmers (especially where
there are some who make a living out of programming) is not going to win
many friends. Also, don't forget the Euphoria MicroEconomy. Write some
good code, and you can earn credits toward registering Eu.
Matt Lewis
http://www.realftp.com/matthewlewis
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