Microsoft DreamSpark

[Tim Dobson-2]

I'm going to take the unusual step of posting this to the list.

I see this as quite a depressing move as the propriety software vendors
move to capture a young people onto the their brands without letting
them have a second thought to whether it's right that they have no
control over the software, no way of understanding how it works, and no
way of sharing it with other people who might use it...

Hmmmm..


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Subject: [GeekUp] Microsoft DreamSpark
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:37:25 -0700
From: Phil Winstanley <[hidden email]>
Reply-To: [hidden email]
To: [hidden email] <[hidden email]>



*<marketing>*

Microsoft DreamSpark enables students to download professional-level
Microsoft developer tools at no charge, to advance their learning and
skills through technical design, technology, math, science and
engineering activities. This program used to be open to College /
University students only. Now it is open to high school students too.

For those of you with children at school who haven’t seen this yet, I
hope that this will be useful for you.

https://www.dreamspark.com/About/Overview.aspx

*</marketing>*

* *



Regards,



Phil.














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[lucy-2]

2009/3/27 Tim Dobson <[hidden email]>:
> I'm going to take the unusual step of posting this to the list.
>
> I see this as quite a depressing move as the propriety software vendors move
> to capture a young people onto the their brands without letting them have a
> second thought to whether it's right that they have no control over the
> software, no way of understanding how it works, and no way of sharing it
> with other people who might use it...

I think you've brought up a very important problem. The first hit is
always no cost!

Would it be possible for DFEY-NW to create a list of alternatives to
the list of software provided? I would guess that a lot of people
aren't aware of alternatives to the 'standard' Microsoft products.

[Tim Dobson-2]

Lucy wrote:
> Would it be possible for DFEY-NW to create a list of alternatives to
> the list of software provided?

http://www.nw.dfey.org/wiki/Alternative_Software_List

:) Of course improvements and additions are always welcome.. it's a wiki
so just edit away.

Tim

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still has one object.
If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now
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