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!
