Re: [Dfey-nw-discuss] Microsoft DreamSpark

[Lucy]

2009/3/27 Tim Dobson <address@hidden>:
> 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.