Long argued with his students about the use of legal software. The majority sounded, in my opinion, quite an adequate thought: "As if too much money, it costs me, a student."

Did you use legal software for free? Did you use the DreamsPark features? What are the nuances when registering on the site?

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    Not every legal software is DreamSpark, and not every legal software is paid. Based on this - yes, use Linux - free of charge and legally (there are of course paid Linux (for support), but this is for big business). - KoVadim
  • and take and register in any way? It's hard? It would be faster to start registering than to wait for an answer here! - Artem
  • 2 Shrek: Of course, you can and need to register. I am sure that the topic with the students will rise, so I want to get some comments. Maybe you yourself use the software for DreamSpark? 2 KoVadim: Well, we hooked DreamSpark project in a conversation with students, so I’m interested in this particular option. And yes, still interested in Windows. - z-ziba
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    @ z-ziba then in your question correctly and write and do not mislead people! > Is it possible to use legal software for free? Is it possible to replace it with free legal software from Microsoft, despite its quality? And if the adequate thoughts of students include not quite business vocabulary, then apparently they are sideways to legality. - KoVadim
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    Yes, this jacket does not have any students. but there is a salary from MS. remove spam please. programmersforum.ru/search.php?searchid=1472208 sql.ru/forum/memberinfo.aspx?mid=204039 forum.codeby.net/topic52289s0.html?p=242392&#entry242392 - zb '15

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I would like to voice two thoughts. To begin with, I will say that DreamSpark did not use it, but I think you should hardly be afraid of special problems with registration. However, I'm not talking about that.

Necessary clarification: everything that will be said below refers to the development tools. I take the liberty to believe that you are asking a question on the programmer’s forum about this kind of software.

  1. If we are talking about Microsoft development tools (as long as you started talking about DreamSpark) In 99.9% of cases, the student has enough express versions of Microsoft products to complete his tasks. I can hardly imagine the student’s tasks in which he would need something. not included in the Exprress edition. Is that without third-party plug-ins like Resharper'a not so convenient to work

  2. If we are talking about software from other companies. The market is teeming with free development tools. Starting from the "childish" PascalABC and ending with more than the "older" Eclipse, Intellij Idea. You can also pay attention to the project Mono. And this diversity is not only among the IDE, but also other necessary tools for the developer.

That is, all of the above has the following moral in itself - even if for some reason it does not merge with DreamSpark (for example, all your students will lose their student cards) there are a lot of exits and in addition to this program

  • "all your students will lose their student IDs" You can register and through your account in VKontakte. - z-ziba 1:16 pm
  • Well, so much the better. And what software do you need, if not a secret? And what do you teach? - DreamChild

Enjoyed and enjoyed dreamspark. You can regulate as using the send stud. tickets and just enter the code (maykrosoftovtsy often distribute them at all sorts of meetings). I do not understand just why was it asking here?

+ if you are from a university, you can register as an institution and then the whole university will be given a dreamspark premium. There and more software and it appears earlier (for example, win8.1 has long been there. That is, almost the same as the msdn subscription)

  • "You can regulate as by sending a student ticket." Registration rules are simplified. Now you do not need to send anything, you can register simply through your page on VKontakte. - z-ziba