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CareBear
January 1st, 2003, 15:07
I think if they do something good it should be mentioned too :)


Oops! is a cheap annual and renewable membership-system for popular Microsoft-software aimed at students and teachers in higher education. Apart from offering complete software-packages, patches and documentation are also provided.

The Oops! basic package contains a restricted download-access of 5 GB per year:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Upgrade (OEM license is necessary)
Microsoft Office XP Professional edition
Microsoft Office Macintosh edition
Microsoft Encarta Suite
Microsoft Visual Studio Professional edition
A Microsoft Game

The Oops! expansion pack enlarges your annual download-capacity and offers the following optional packs (separate or together):
Microsoft Frontpage
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Visio

Students who comply with the Oops!-criteria will be granted the right to use the aforementioned Microsoft software-packages and the right to install them on their private computers for their studies or educational assignments.

The Oops!-software may be used by eligible students/teachers during the classes or for their studies as long as they’re not using it for commercial/lucrative purposes.

Annual contribution
The annual Oops!-leasing price for the launch-year (2003) amounts to 49.95 EUR for the basic package and 19.92 EUR for the expansion pack.Yes I know they're just doing it to get students to use Microsoft products before they enter the 'real' world but it's still pretty amazing to me they're basically giving their software away for free.
Daniel
January 1st, 2003, 16:27
Who exactly needs Windows XP to use for classes? Or any other MS software for that matter?
Seldimis
January 1st, 2003, 17:48
Microsoft software-packages and the right to install them on their private computers

I liked that :D
CareBear
January 1st, 2003, 18:31
Who exactly needs Windows XP to use for classes? Or any other MS software for that matter?Me for one: tasks have to be emailed in Word format, presentations need to be done with Powerpoint.
All the other software I need for assignments runs on Windows.
I haven't seen anything for programming that beats Visual Studio either but someone could settle for something else if they wanted to be stubborn.
So I do *need* their products even if I wasn't using them already.


Originally posted by Seldimis
I liked that :D They specify right of use and install (looks like they like conveniently left out the right to uninstall though :D ) because you don't get an actual license to the software (the not for commerical use clause for example) but then on the other hand you do get to install it on as many pc's as you like.
Daniel
January 1st, 2003, 19:54
I doubt there's very much money in companies looking for people who know VB and all that crap.

Atleast over here, most companies are looking for people experienced in *nix enviroments.
Ben
January 2nd, 2003, 01:29
Originally posted by Daniel
Atleast over here, most companies are looking for people experienced in *nix enviroments.
Same here. Just about every other ad in the local newspaper a few months ago (school project - long story) said something about required general Unix/Linux knowledge with Perl and C/C++ as a plus. Only one was for VB, and the payment was very low, the employee was to be a temp too....
CareBear
January 2nd, 2003, 04:47
Originally posted by Daniel
I doubt there's very much money in companies looking for people who know VB and all that crap.Since when does Visual Studio equal Visual Basic? :confused:
All the code I write looks remarkably like c/c++ but then of course since I'm a Windows user, what do I know.
trenzterra
January 3rd, 2003, 05:12
Originally posted by Daniel
Who exactly needs Windows XP to use for classes? Or any other MS software for that matter? Me.