xp retail price question

[Brian Coats]

I wondering why $199.00 or more for a full retail version of xp home
Or $299 for full retail version of xp pro.
(I know you can get it for less at some place and more at others)

My question-is why Students and Teaches can get xp pro full retail
(Not the education version, not an oem version, not an upgrade)
For only $5.00 That’s right only $5.00

Brian

 

[wojo]

I wondering why $199.00 or more for a full retail version of xp home
Or $299 for full retail version of xp pro.
(I know you can get it for less at some place and more at others)

My question-is why Students and Teaches can get xp pro full retail
(Not the education version, not an oem version, not an upgrade)
For only $5.00 That's right only $5.00

Brian

Have you ever seen what a student or teacher makes per year?

 

[E.T.Me]

SO what,Wojo? What's that got to do with it. I think he
be right.

 

[Brian Coats]

Thank You E.T.Me

Teachers make plenty of money and so do some students.
If you can afford to go to college you can afford to buy the software
at full price. Unless, you have a scholarship, and the scholarship
should pay for it at full price.

Teachers & most students are not poor. I would love a teacher
salary. That still does not answer why a student and a teacher can
get a full version of xp pro for only $5.00


Brian

 

[wojo]

My comment was only a joke so lighten up.

But

Most students aren't exactly rich and these days many of them have to put
themselves through college and have extensive loans to pay off when they get
out. As far as I am concerned anything that helps sweeten the pot for them
and get them in school is a good thing.

As far as teachers go I don't have an answer to that one but I will say that
I don't know where you live but whee I live teachers don't make nearly what
they should and I am very glad I don't have a teachers salary.

 

[Steve N.]

I don't know where you live. Teachers in our district aren't exactly
poor but they certainly don't make "plenty of money" either.

If/when you ever have kids to put through college you will change your tune.

I've not seen this $5.00 price anywhere. We purchase licenses from an
educational consortium that run about $40-50.

Steve

 

[Rob Schneider]

It's Marketing 101 by Microsoft. Gain a solid user base at the moment
they start to really need a computer.

As I understand, these versions are not upgradeable, for a certain
percentage of these (Microsoft hopes a lot, I would guess) eventually
buy a full license and also exert some influence on their eventual
employers.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Brian Coats]

I know teachers get more than minimum wage. Actual either the School
Bookstore or Computer lab can sell it to any teacher or student for
$5.00 and that’s a full version not an education version either.
I.U. and Ball state in Indiana.

Brian

 

[Brian Coats]

Sorry Wojo.

 

[JD]

This reminds me that some years ago someone asked why Apple was giving away
so many computers to schools. Our school had literally hundreds. I was told
that Applw was counting on hs kids getting used to Macintosh and then buying
Macs when they graduated. I don't think it worked.

 

[Methus]

The teachers around here are paid handsomely for the 153 days
that they work in a year. But, still our kids are not learning the
fundamental building blocks of life, and the smarter ones hate
school because the teachers are lowering their standards to
accomodate those who don't want to learn. When we raised
the teachers pay to correct the problem, it only got worse.
I see no reason to give teachers a two-hundred dollar plus
discount on XP Pro.

 

[jerry s]

--
The real question is,
"is the problem really related to underfunding of schools, or teachers, or
administrators?"

The answer most likely is, "the parents" or "lack of parental guidance".

Case in point, if you take a look at some immigrants (say coming from
oversea) where they are relatively poor, but their children outperform
native born children. The point here is, it's not the teachers, not lack of
resources, but rather, how their parents participate and motivate their kids
to study.

So, if a product or a book cost $5 or 5 cents, but the kid and his/her
parents are not involved, should society (taxpayers) continue to pour
millions into the school system, in addition, blame the teachers?

By the way, in some communities, much money was donated to set up computer
learning center, with volunteers willing to teach the neighborhood kids for
after school and weekends, "not" one kid showed up.

 

[Larry Samuels]

That is only by special arrangement at a few universities.

The university buys bulk VL copies and licenses it to the students and
faculty. The university is eating the rest of the cost of the license.
It is worth it to the schools to have their IT staff only have to provide
support for one OS campus-wide.

BTW--that copy is only licensed as long as they are a student or faculty
member and has to be removed if they leave the school.

--
Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone -

I know teachers get more than minimum wage. Actual either the School
Bookstore or Computer lab can sell it to any teacher or student for
$5.00 and that's a full version not an education version either.
I.U. and Ball state in Indiana.

Brian

I don't know where you live. Teachers in our district aren't exactly
poor but they certainly don't make "plenty of money" either.

If/when you ever have kids to put through college you will change your tune.

I've not seen this $5.00 price anywhere. We purchase licenses from an
educational consortium that run about $40-50.

Steve

Thank You E.T.Me

Teachers make plenty of money and so do some students.
If you can afford to go to college you can afford to buy the software
at full price. Unless, you have a scholarship, and the scholarship
should pay for it at full price.

Teachers & most students are not poor. I would love a teacher
salary. That still does not answer why a student and a teacher can
get a full version of xp pro for only $5.00


Brian

 

[wojo]

Well I'm a week behind now (been on vacation) but. "more than minimum wage"?
OMG kids at MCDonald's make "more than minumum wage" I'm not sure I'd
consider that a valid argument, I made more than minumum wage if you figured
out hourly what I made as a kid shoveling, raking, and mowing. That's hardly
plenty of money.

 

[wojo]

No worries

Sorry Wojo.

 

[Rob Schneider]

Marketing is always based on "hope" for both buyer and seller.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms