Tyler Hall

I’ve been tossing this idea around for a while now and decided last night to just go ahead and do it. VirtualHostX is now free for students. All you need is a .edu email address and I’ll send you a license free of charge.

Um, why?

Good question. There’s no master plan or secret motive behind giving away free licenses. I do it all the time, actually. I just think that students have enough expenses on their plate without needing to fork over a few bucks for an app that, more than likely, is only used in their spare time until they graduate.

I’ve been programming for a long time — since I was ten. I started out writing small programs in GW and QBasic. When I was thirteen I mowed lawns and saved money until I could afford a copy of Visual Basic 3, but only because Microsoft offered an educational discount. I couldn’t have afforded it otherwise.

Now I’m not saying that if it weren’t for Microsoft and Visual Basic I wouldn’t have become a developer, but it definitely made the the trip easier.

So that’s what I’m trying to do here. If there are high school or college students just starting out in web development — maybe building small sites to help pay for books or beer — and VirtualHostX can help, that’s awesome. It’s the least I can do.