Should I buy VS.Net Academic?

Veejay Sani

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Apr 14, 2002, 8:07:05 PM4/14/02

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Hi,

I am considering ordering Academic VS.Net Prof. but I am unclear of its
differences from the regular version. Are there any differences? Does it
require product activation?

Also, can it be used on several machines simultaneously (machines on same
network)?

I would appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Veejay Sani

Alfred C Thompson II

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Apr 14, 2002, 9:41:38 PM4/14/02

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VS .Net academic is VS Pro with some additional software for use in the
academic environment. If you are going to be using it as a teaching tool to
teach students then you probably want it. If you are going to learn on your
own than Pro should be fine.

If you are working at a school and will be teaching than you should look at
the Academic Alliance program. www.msdnaa.net

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BKY

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Apr 15, 2002, 10:56:09 AM4/15/02

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Vs.Net academic does require product registration. You can install it on up
two three computers but it is only licensed for one user.

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George Conard [MSFT]

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Apr 16, 2002, 6:13:03 PM4/16/02

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Also to be clear the license for Visual Studio .NET Academic is only valid
for qualified academic customers - generally this includes
students/faculty/staff at accredited educational institutions.

See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/techinfo/articles/developerproductivity/ac
ademic.asp for information on the academic features.

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Dave Starling

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Apr 21, 2002, 10:49:02 AM4/21/02

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I am a qualified student, and have the Academic version - under what
conditions may I release binaries/source? Any freeware license, shareware,
commercial?

Thanks

Dave

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George Conard [MSFT]

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Apr 23, 2002, 12:14:51 PM4/23/02

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you should read the EULA for full details but the short answer is that you
can do the same things with the Academic version that you can with
commercial releases, e.g., release code you write under any license you
want. there are restrictions on some of the redist software so check the
EULA for details...

-g

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Lee Christie

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Apr 27, 2002, 3:49:22 PM4/27/02

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do the programs even work correctly? I have academic and I cant get my
binaries to run on ANY machine other than the one i made it on. (I think it
would also run if another machine had the .NET framework downloaded, but
that's a HUGE download.)

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Dave Starling

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Apr 28, 2002, 8:24:34 AM4/28/02

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You HAVE to have the .NET framework installed on the machine to run, much
like you need the VB runtimes for VB stuff. If the target machine runs a
Windows Update, the .NET framework will be listed there - it's about 20MB.

Dave

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Lee Christie (Lc3)

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Apr 28, 2002, 8:52:29 AM4/28/02

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got it now

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Arash Goto

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May 17, 2002, 10:57:03 PM5/17/02

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What are the implications once my academic studies finish? Do I have to buy
a commercial licence? How can I get one? with a simple upgrade or a full
product?

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George Conard [MSFT]

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As long as you're a qualified academic user when you acquire the product,
there are no academic-specific restrictions on usage... so you can continue
using it after you finish with your studies.

The academic product is not, however, upgradeable at this time.

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