Idea:
Could Esri consider offering a “home use program” for ArcGIS Developer?
For example, some companies offer a program where employees can get a discount on products, if their employer has already paid for the product. The idea being, the employee wants to use the product at home, for professional development purposes. But, it would be unrealistic to pay thousands of dollars for the software, since they already have access to it at work. Still, the employee would like to use the product at home, so that they can have more freedom to experiment, and would even be willing to pay for it. But the key thing is, the price needs to be reasonable. Otherwise, the employee won’t be interested in paying for it.
Microsoft has a program like that for their products. You tell them your company email address, they verify your employer already pays for the product, and then they give you a discount on the price (the discount is sent to your work email address). Otherwise, they know people won’t be interested in paying full price for the product if they already have access to it at work.
It seems like a clever revenue source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/home-use-program
Could Esri consider doing something similar? It would be pretty great to be able to learn and experiment with things like AppStudio at home, since that’s not something I have time for at work right now. And I’d be happy to sign a contact that says it’s for home-use only.
Would that be doable?
Thanks.
(an aspiring ArcGIS app developer…who can’t afford the price of a yearly Developer subscription)
