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- >>>>> "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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