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Re: Academic Pricing??



>>>>> "Richard" == Zomby  <zomby@infose.com> writes:
In article <01bb5acb.2a0a4e40$7c1bcdcd@zomby> "Zomby" <zomby@infose.com> writes:


    >> I'm afraid we don't have academic discounts any more.  It would
    >> be a nightmare to try to maintain that as we start selling
    >> through stores and resellers.  So now there's one
    >> across-the-board price for everyone.
    >> 
    >> -- Melissa Algeo melissa@ardi.com

That's not the best way of phrasing it.  We don't have an academic
discount during the beta period.  We are investigating academic
pricing through resellers but we haven't yet come up with any
specifics.

    Richard> Well... there are many companies who do have academic
    Richard> pricing enven if they are distributing mainly through
    Richard> stores and resellers.  (ex.  Microsoft, Borland...)  I
    Richard> think than with a minimal effort on your part you could
    Richard> be able to continue provide such discount for the final
    Richard> release of E2.

Well, I wouldn't say *minimal*, but certainly it's much easier than
the engineering feats we're known for.

    Richard> That would be a VERY nice thing because I know *I* can't
    Richard> afford the full priced version.  It would give you the
    Richard> opportunity to sell a lot more copies of the product to
    Richard> people that may not be able to pay the full price,
    Richard> especially since it's going to be sold off-the-shelf.

We're in the process of setting up commercial resellers, and we're
discussing the academic issue with them.  We want something that works
for everyone, academics, ARDI and our resellers.  In the meantime,
it's one price for everyone, but we gave everyone plenty of warning
that academic pricing would go away for a while before we actually
pulled the plug.

    Richard> Richard Martin zomby@infose.com
    Richard> http://www.infose.com/zomby/

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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