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So what's the limitations of educational discounts?
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:22 pm
by beats me
I have a family member who is a teacher and therefore can get me whatever with the educational discount. Let's pretend that software is Logic. So what are the limitations? I think I remember people saying no updates or upgrades? I can understand no deals on major upgrades, but for updates?? That fix known problems? What's the dealio??
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:31 pm
by thumperjack
no one here wants to help you with logic questions. you're in the wrong forum buddy.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:53 pm
by Rogue Scrunt
you cannot commercially relese tunes made with An academic license.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:56 pm
by beats me
thumperjack wrote:no one here wants to help you with logic questions. you're in the wrong forum buddy.
You obviously weren't on here about a month ago.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:11 pm
by rbmonosylabik
Rogue Scrunt wrote:you cannot commercially relese tunes made with An academic license.
signed
I'm not so sure on this one, but I heard or read somewhere that some developers make academic licenses illegible for upgrading, so you'd have to pay full price for the next release.
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:24 am
by thumperjack
thumperjack wrote:
no one here wants to help you with logic questions. you're in the wrong forum buddy.
You obviously weren't on here about a month ago.
lol
Re: So what's the limitations of educational discounts?
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:49 am
by Homebelly
beats me wrote: So what are the limitations?
you have to sit with the geeky kids in the cafeteria and the sports jocks steal your lunch,,,
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:44 am
by Cloak and Dagger
before I purchased my academic license I asked if I could use it professionally and the answer was: yes
Dear ******,
Thanks for your e-mail and sorry for my late reply.
Here are the answers to your questions.
You can use your educational license for producing commercial music.
As long as you are a student you can upgrade to newer versions for a discounted price (we then will ask again for a proof of eligibility). As soon as you finish your studies you can stay current for our standard upgrade prices. You don't have to start all over again with a new license.
To order you can use the attached order form.
We also offer a download version for 219 USD and Operator for 79 USD.
Please write again if you need more information.
Best regards,
Ulrich
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:01 am
by v00d00ppl
the only real limitation on something like live is you vannot buy the academic price just to resell it on ebay for a slight profit. other than that everything is the same as a retail version.
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:49 am
by dazzer
Careful not to confuse Ableton's EDU policy with Apple's.
You can't upgrade the Edu version of Logic 7 to 8 and I guess it'll be the same with Logic 8 to whatever comes next in 5 year's time.
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:32 am
by Rogue Scrunt
dazzer wrote:Careful not to confuse Ableton's EDU policy with Apple's.
You can't upgrade the Edu version of Logic 7 to 8 and I guess it'll be the same with Logic 8 to whatever comes next in 5 year's time.
I don't believe this statement to be true,
can you provide documentation?
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:24 pm
by b0unce
it aint worth the hassle for a measly 10% discount, get the full license.
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:31 pm
by aqua_tek
Rogue Scrunt wrote:dazzer wrote:Careful not to confuse Ableton's EDU policy with Apple's.
You can't upgrade the Edu version of Logic 7 to 8 and I guess it'll be the same with Logic 8 to whatever comes next in 5 year's time.
I don't believe this statement to be true,
can you provide documentation?
i think its true. i've read it in a few message boards here and there.
no functional limitations. you just cant upgrade to the next major release
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:51 pm
by Rogue Scrunt
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:29 pm
by evernaut
b0unce wrote:it aint worth the hassle for a measly 10% discount, get the full license.
It's a lot more than 10%.
Live 6 retails at about 275 quid in the UK. Edu discount is about a hundred pounds cheaper. Well worth it.
I'm not sure it applies to upgrades though, but there's always some tasty options with the Abes.