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General => Computers / Internet => Topic started by: Kea on January 22, 2009, 11:59:09

Title: Free Microsoft Software for Secondary pupils and Uni students (to use at Home)
Post by: Kea on January 22, 2009, 11:59:09
I don't usually use this part of the forum having an IT consultant as my OH.
He has just come across this offer from Microsoft but it does require your child's school to set it up.
https://www.dreamspark.com/default.aspx
Title: Re: Free Microsoft Software for Secondary pupils and Uni students (to use at Home)
Post by: Eristic on January 23, 2009, 22:31:26
QuoteFree Microsoft Software for Secondary pupils and Uni students

Micro$oft software has always been available free to kids and students or so I thought. I've yet to meet one of the above that has paid for software.  :o
Title: Re: Free Microsoft Software for Secondary pupils and Uni students (to use at Home)
Post by: posie on January 23, 2009, 23:26:33
As a uni student, my microsoft office 2007 wasn't free, but was reduced down to 38.00 which I thought was reasonable.  Good link though, will pass that on to the boys school.
Title: Re: Free Microsoft Software for Secondary pupils and Uni students (to use at Home)
Post by: SamLouise on January 24, 2009, 19:00:38
Thanks Kea, my friend is a school teacher, I'll pass on the link :)
Title: Re: Free Microsoft Software for Secondary pupils and Uni students (to use at Ho
Post by: Larkshall on January 24, 2009, 23:02:51
Quote from: Eristic on January 23, 2009, 22:31:26
QuoteFree Microsoft Software for Secondary pupils and Uni students

Micro$oft software has always been available free to kids and students or so I thought. I've yet to meet one of the above that has paid for software.  :o

The software I use now is free and legal, we call it FOSS.
Title: Re: Free Microsoft Software for Secondary pupils and Uni students (to use at Home)
Post by: Kea on January 25, 2009, 19:19:29
I contacted my school and was told they'd signed up so the school could have free software...but only for the ICT A level students to use at school not passing it on to anybody else.

Last year the school had it's hand out for lots of money so the school could become a Humanities specialist and parents responded in droves...doesn't work the other way though.