>
> If you are happy with the shelter of the FIRST umbrella, download the
> software to a memory key as Nick has suggested and install on multiple team
> computers.
>
> I also think that it would be a good thing when teaching kids to become
> programmers, to respect the intellectual property rights of the creators,
> resisting the natural human impulse to copy software.  I don't always agree
> with what the law is, but until we change it ...
>

If FIRST tells us we can use it for our team, I see no reason to believe we
are being dishonest or breaking the law by allowing our team to use
software we purchased.

Also FIRST has the basic software on their website for free download-
*I called the Lego tech support to see if they had patches for the new
Windows 8, and it turns out they do-  And it's even better than I had hoped
for, because you can download the entire software package to your laptops
today!  (Plus you can download this to your desktops :)   It takes about 10
minutes from beginning to end.
*
*Go here-*

http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-US/News/ReadMore/Default.aspx?id=351333

*Follow this link and click the first blue download link- MINDSTORMS NXT
2.0 DOWNLOAD<http://en-us.kb.lego.com/ics/support/DLRedirect.asp?fileNum=84974&deptID=5622>(642MB)
to start the
download. *

They have it for FREE on their own website. It's like open source at this
moment.  They only thing this one doesn't have that the educational
software does is "data logging", which let's be honest- 99.9% of teams will
not use in competition.
Hope this helps,
Brandy

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