Re: Visual Basic 6.0 Working Model
- From: "MikeD" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 23:29:01 -0400
"elygirang" <elygirang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I just have a question regarding this version of visual basic 6. I hope I
> would get an honest and direct answer here.
>
Generally, those are the ONLY answers you'll get here. Sometimes, answers
are TOO honest. IOW, we really tell you what we think, sometimes to the
point of being brutal.
> Deitel's Visual Basic 6: How to Program book includes a copy of Visual
> Basic
> 6.0 Working Model Edition. It states that the student can use this version
> to
> learn how to program in VB6 but with the following limitations:
>
Regardless of limitations of the Working Model edition, there's still an End
User License Agreement (EULA) governing the software included with the book
(and VB6 Working Model *might* even have its own EULA separate from a
"general" EULA of the book itself). You need to check that. Personally, I
don't know what it grants.
I'd have to go along with Ralph in that use of it by individual users,
legally at least, requires that each of them purchase the book. Most
likely, the license to use any of the software included with the book is
dependent on purchasing the book itself. That's just pretty much standard,
unless the software included is specifically public domain, freeware, or
shareware (and if shareware, you can be sure that only demo or evaluation
copies of the software are included and each of them have their own EULA;
even freeware generally has some kind of its own EULA) and is pretty much
freely distributable.
> Let's face it, not all of our students (here in the Philippines) have the
> financial capabilities to purchase licensed copies of software. It is a
> fact
> we must all face. So, in my opinion, students must have some sort of
> alternative in learning.
Well, the problem is that to most companies, opinions don't matter. They're
out to make money. They can't do that by giving away their products. And
there ARE alternatives. You could teach your students VBA in Word, Excel,
etc. Of course, you'd need to purchase licenses for those products, but it's
an alternative. VBA and VB are close enough that anyone that learns VBA can
apply MUCH of what they learn to VB. There are also other derivations of the
BASIC programming language, some of which are public domain or freeware.
Even with those, students will learn fundamental concepts of programming
which can be applied to virtually any other programming language (be it
derived from BASIC or not).
If nothing else, contact Microsoft. They might very well provide you with
various products and licenses for all your students to use those products.
To MS, it's an incentive for those students to use MS development products
(and even non-development products) in the future. It certainly can't hurt.
--
Mike
Microsoft MVP Visual Basic
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