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I don't know what the product is here. But giving students a free license allows them to explore your product and get them hooked so they might use it in the pr
by bootloop 6y ago
I don't know what the product is here. But giving students a free license allows them to explore your product and get them hooked so they might use it in the professional world later on (and ask their employer to pay for it).
- ffritz 6y agoI have read somewhere that this is also most likely why Adobe was more or less chill about the fact that their stuff was/is being heavily pirated, because students could develop their skills with Adobes products and later on, the future employer of that student would have to buy a license. This probably changed with their “affordable” subscriptions.
- PeterisP 6y agoThe post is talking about "an educational product" so in this regard students seem like the main target audience, not a fringe group that may become the target audience later, after their studies (which fits most other products).
- AlchemistCamp 6y agoIt's an educational product but not related to being a student at a credential-granting institution. It's screencasts for people learning Elixir. Most my customers are full-time software engineers, but not necessarily in wealthy countries.
- CodesInChaos 6y agoFor products in that category I'd rather offer a free "for non commercial use only" version.
- croes 6y agoHe his talking about his screencasts. So there is no product to use and buy later.