Continuing discussion from http://groups.drupal.org/node/11011
I have exchanged a number of emails with a reseller of Morae in Australia (they cover sales in my geographic region). They say there are no academic or non-profit discount on Morae. I didn't ask about bulk-purchase. It would be interesting to see if Techsmith (or their US reseller) also says this. Prices they quoted were in AUD and approximately equivalent of those published in USD on http://www.techsmith.com/purchase/default.asp
Additionally, there appears to be some confusion about the Morae group of products. There are three individual products:
* Morae Recorder; Needs to be installed on the participant's machine -- transferable license. USD 195
* Morae Observer; Needs to be installed on the observer(s) machine(s). USD 195
* Morae Manager; Not required to record or watch in real time (not sure about afterwards) but is useful to analyze data, create graphs, manage multiple studies, tests, participants and sets of data, build a list of issues, export data to client / design team etc.. USD 1295
Bundles are available of all three products; USD 1495 (currently discounted), or just Observer/Recorder; USD USD 349.
For Drupal's needs, manager is not likely worth the add'l USD 1100. However my goal in the UTS is to be able to do this stuff for FREE, without requireing Drupal Usability community members or other entities to "own" software.