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My 2 year discount on Micro just expired. I'm still in school for another year, so I'm curious if there are any limitations to people that previously received f

My 2 year discount on Micro just expired. I'm still in school for another year, so I'm curious if there are any limitations to people that previously received free Micro as a student for 2 years, but had that initial 2 years run out. Is this new offer free Micro for the entirety of academic career or the same 2 year offer from before? Either way, I hope I can get all the other awesome stuff (especially the CrowdFlower access). This + the 150 day free Azure trial I just got from a hackathon this past weekend would make for some enjoyable weekends.

abhia 12y ago
Hey - you can apply again, and they'll approve it again. I had the same problem (I'm not sure if this is okay though)
- crazypyro 12y ago
  Oh awesome! Thanks for the heads up.
Vaskivo 12y ago
Yeah, I was thinking about the time restrictions. A degree is 5 years in my country. I can see this being useful to students in the 3rd or 4th year, so one year is not enough. And being a student, I doubt they would start paying for those things. They need their money for books, food and partying :)
johndbritton 12y ago
You can reapply and you will get all the other stuff.
crazysim 12y ago
The BitBucket student discount and offer is much greater than the Micro discount (unlimited private repositories and collaborators). It would be a better idea to use BitBucket for private stuff instead and keep the public facing stuff in GitHub. Best of both worlds.
- Kudos 12y ago
  BitBucket is lacking the overall ecosystem.
  - ephemeralgomi 12y ago
    What parts of the overall ecosystem do you consider a necessity for private repos?
    - Pxl_Buzzard 12y ago
      I like starting a school-related project as a private Github repo, then as time or permission allows for to open it up as a public repo. I've open-sourced a few things this way, whereas the couple Bitbucket repos have been left to languish since I don't have a limit on private repos or the ecosystem to share it with.
      - Shank 12y ago
        You can always push your private BitBucket repos to public Github ones -- just add another remote and push there.
        LeonidasXIV 12y ago
        Though you will have to leave your issues/wiki at BitBucket. Usually not a problem as you don't have one but still annoying.
      - piokuc 12y ago
        It is very easy to import a private BitBucket repo and make it public on GitHub.
      - ephemeralgomi 12y ago
        I'm sure you know, but you can just clone from bitbucket, then push it to github. You keep all your history and everything. I can dig that there's friction, though.
robbles 12y ago
I renewed mine a few weeks ago after the 2 years expired. As long as you're still a student, just apply for renewal and they'll give it to you. I also got the student pack right away, probably because of my student status.

abhia 12y ago

Hey - you can apply again, and they'll approve it again. I had the same problem (I'm not sure if this is okay though)

crazypyro 12y ago
Oh awesome! Thanks for the heads up.

Vaskivo 12y ago

Yeah, I was thinking about the time restrictions. A degree is 5 years in my country. I can see this being useful to students in the 3rd or 4th year, so one year is not enough. And being a student, I doubt they would start paying for those things. They need their money for books, food and partying :)

johndbritton 12y ago

You can reapply and you will get all the other stuff.

crazysim 12y ago

The BitBucket student discount and offer is much greater than the Micro discount (unlimited private repositories and collaborators). It would be a better idea to use BitBucket for private stuff instead and keep the public facing stuff in GitHub. Best of both worlds.

Kudos 12y ago
BitBucket is lacking the overall ecosystem.
- ephemeralgomi 12y ago
  What parts of the overall ecosystem do you consider a necessity for private repos?
  - Pxl_Buzzard 12y ago
    I like starting a school-related project as a private Github repo, then as time or permission allows for to open it up as a public repo. I've open-sourced a few things this way, whereas the couple Bitbucket repos have been left to languish since I don't have a limit on private repos or the ecosystem to share it with.
    - Shank 12y ago
      You can always push your private BitBucket repos to public Github ones -- just add another remote and push there.
      - LeonidasXIV 12y ago
        Though you will have to leave your issues/wiki at BitBucket. Usually not a problem as you don't have one but still annoying.
    - piokuc 12y ago
      It is very easy to import a private BitBucket repo and make it public on GitHub.
    - ephemeralgomi 12y ago
      I'm sure you know, but you can just clone from bitbucket, then push it to github. You keep all your history and everything. I can dig that there's friction, though.

robbles 12y ago

I renewed mine a few weeks ago after the 2 years expired. As long as you're still a student, just apply for renewal and they'll give it to you. I also got the student pack right away, probably because of my student status.