Academic Software
are the exact copy of the original commercial software
but sold at a discounted prices to students, teachers
or schools for academic purposes. Academic
software can be purchased only for home or
school purposes.
What are Academic Software
sold at a lower rates?
Many software publishers extend special
discounts to students, teachers, & schools.
They hope, that after the ending of an educational institution,
you'll buy their software as you had already time to try and study it.
What is the difference between
Academic Software and Regular software?
Academic software
is fully functional software just like the regular
software. There is no difference between Academic
software and regular software. Academic
software comes in a packed box with CD and
paper manuals, just like regular software. Academic
software is not crippled, timed, or in any
way restricted in functionality. But, Academic
Software is can be used for Educational use
only and it cannot be used for any commercial or business
purposes. Basically, Academic software
is priced so that students and teachers can afford
to learn the software, not so that a business or individual
can use it to make money. Academic software
cannot be used for commercial purposes. Therefore
the only difference between Academic Software
and Regular software is the license that it comes
with.
Who can buy Academic Software?
• Students of
Higher Education - All enrolled college,
junior college, community college, technical school,
vocational school, and university students.
• Teachers
- All K-12 school and Higher Education institution
teachers.
• Faculty
- All K-12 school and Higher Education institution
faculty.
• Staff
- All K-12 school and Higher Education institution
staff.
• Schools
- All elementary, middle and high schools, vocational
and technical schools, correspondence schools, including
Internet correspondence schools, and all colleges,
including junior and community colleges, and universities.
Usually the buyers of Academic
software have to provide the sellers with
a photo identity and with some documentary proof of
their status being on of the above.
If you think you qualify for academic
software pricing, contact your local software reseller,
or ask software publisher if they offer an academic
discount. Also, you can buy academic software on the
Internet. Software publishers such as Microsoft, Adobe,
Corel, Symantec, Autodesk, and many others offer great
software discounts to schools using academic site
licensing. Site licensing is for educational institutes that need many copies of the academic software for use on many computers.
Site licensing offers 30-70% off academic
software prices on single copies. Academic
site licensing is available to K-12 and higher-education
accredited institutions.
