This is how Microsoft has always done this adoption stuff. I’m surprised this is only coming out now. Probably has been happening to the larger institutions for much longer. They get the “next generation” hooked on free product that is part of the education system and then it’s just part of what they do naturally.
I was in college when .Net was just being rolled out and we all got free licenses to Visual Studio. Also had licenses for Adobe products and pretty much any other major player. Just had to ask the right IT person how to get a disc and license key. They only worked for 4-5 years before going dormant, but some of us kept in touch with internal staff and got it for several years after that as well.
If you’re in college, don’t fall for the free taste. There’s always a catch.
I’m ok with the free educational license business model, but the product has to be useful for that to work. Who’s going to buy dogshit at their job just because they got free dogshit in school? Only dogshit shills, that’s who.
It doesn’t always need to be useful. If the businesses are bought in, the students got the tools for free or were required to use them during their uni experience, and it’s now listed as a requirement on job listings it’s suddenly a need in society. That is already happening whether we like it or not.
Yup I know a few people that use ms 360 in uni “because it’s free”. The same people will be the first ones to ask their superior to buy it for them at work.
This is how Microsoft has always done this adoption stuff. I’m surprised this is only coming out now. Probably has been happening to the larger institutions for much longer. They get the “next generation” hooked on free product that is part of the education system and then it’s just part of what they do naturally.
I was in college when .Net was just being rolled out and we all got free licenses to Visual Studio. Also had licenses for Adobe products and pretty much any other major player. Just had to ask the right IT person how to get a disc and license key. They only worked for 4-5 years before going dormant, but some of us kept in touch with internal staff and got it for several years after that as well.
If you’re in college, don’t fall for the free taste. There’s always a catch.
I’m ok with the free educational license business model, but the product has to be useful for that to work. Who’s going to buy dogshit at their job just because they got free dogshit in school? Only dogshit shills, that’s who.
It doesn’t always need to be useful. If the businesses are bought in, the students got the tools for free or were required to use them during their uni experience, and it’s now listed as a requirement on job listings it’s suddenly a need in society. That is already happening whether we like it or not.
Yup I know a few people that use ms 360 in uni “because it’s free”. The same people will be the first ones to ask their superior to buy it for them at work.
Dunno I get it, life’s hard enough, but come on.