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Hui wrote on 07-Mar-08 18:01 :
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> 
> If MathWorks actually does &#8220;recognize that most of [their] 
> users first encounter MATLAB while studying at their 
> university&#8221;, why does the company continue to treat those 
> student customers (which grow up to be professional 
> customers) with such shameless contempt?

So you believe that student's purchase of a 'lite' version, at a discounted or introductory price, should somehow automatically 
elevate their status above that of full-pay, professional customers?  Exactly how is that supposed to work in the real world?

> It is bad enough to read your statement that, &#8220;Historically 
> Student Version releases have lagged behind our 
> professional releases by several months&#8221; (for no apparent 
> reason other than to penalise students for not having paid 
> the full professional / astronomical price

The OP stated fact, not reason or justification.  Petulance and assertion do not create fact -- exactly how do you know TMW 
necessarily seek to penalize students?

You're in an institution that compels students to buy Matlab?  Who made that choice for you?

> I am completely overwhelmed with a 
> feeling of despair.

"I wept, because I had no shoes.  Then I met a man who had no feet."

You're in the wrong newsgroup.  You should try alt.LifesToughOnStudents.whine.whine.whine