RE: collecting dust

["Sherman, Bryan" <BSherman -at- synchrony -dot- net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Nelson [mailto:MCN -at- cc -dot- usu -dot- edu]
> As aspiring technical writers, many members of our student 
> chapter of STC are
> looking for ways to learn more software. Sometimes just a 
> little exposure or
> practice on an application is enough to be able to pick it up 
> again later.
Aren't there deeply discounted opportunities to buy software as students? I
know I took advantage of that in school...


> My question:
> 
> What do practicing professionals do with their old software?
> 
> a) sell it on EBAY
> b) hold a garage sale
> c) donate it to local STC chapters
> d) put it in a time capsule
> e) throw it in the trash.
> 
> Is there any way to find older software that professionals 
> don't use after they
> upgrade to the 'latest and greatest' stuff?

If you have upgraded to the latest version of a piece of software, I don't
believe it is legal to distribute the old version, so the only legal thing
to do is throw it in the trash can or as some geeks (e.g. me) do, keep it as
a memento... 

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