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For those that don’t know, VMware has a strong academic background, having spun out of a research lab at Stanford University back in the late 90s.
Part of staying true to those roots is a company policy of very favorable academic pricing—in the case of VMware Fusion, half off from retail list price.
This past week, the VMware online store launched their academic portal, which you can visit here.
Previously, the only way to get access to VMware Fusion or VMware Workstation at their academic prices was to purchase at an outlet like a campus book store that happened to stock the software—and not every student necessarily has access to that.
Now, current students, prospective university students, or academic faculty and staff can get access to academic pricing simply by visiting the VMware academic store front, and authenticating their academic affiliation.
Let’s hear it for starving students getting cheaper software!
Since I'm a student who has purchased the full-priced copy of VMware, would there be a rebate program for the difference between the retail and the student price if I could prove my enrollment?
Posted by: Ben | July 07, 2008 at 09:07 AM
I am also in the same situation as Ben. I hope there's a rebate program for students who bought theirs before this date to claim the price difference. I'm starving, by the way. :(
Posted by: トッサヨ | July 08, 2008 at 05:35 AM
The best bet for students who purchased VMware Fusion in the last 30 days, but would like to get access to this pricing, would be to return your full price copy (http://www.rebates-vmware.com/fusionmoneyback/), and then re-buy VMware Fusion from the VMware Student Store.
Apologies that it's not more streamlined than this.
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