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Geek Culture / Visual Studio Academic vs. Commercial

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David R
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Posted: 17th Jul 2006 22:20
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Ok, recently, I have been offered an Academic version of Visual Studio 2005 (the full shebang) by a member of IT staff at my school - for a cut down price (because he can get it on behalf of the school)

However, I'm still worried about coughing up the (small) amount of cash for it, since I have no idea what the difference is. As far as I'm aware, its simply the way it is obtained; but still, I reckon there are likely to be limits on how the apps created with it can be distributed/or used; which may be a problem

Both the MS site and google have been completely useless. Is anyone able to shed some light on this?

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 17th Jul 2006 22:30 Edited at: 17th Jul 2006 22:31
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The only real difference is what you can (or rather cant do with the executable) - your not supposed to sell anything created with the Academic version, although I dont think anyone will be able to detect what created the executable.

I dont know whether you get C#, and VB.Net with it either.

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PowerSoft
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Posted: 17th Jul 2006 22:39 Edited at: 17th Jul 2006 22:48
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vs.net2003 = whole shabang....including J#

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David R
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Posted: 17th Jul 2006 23:05
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Nah, its definately Academic

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