Looking to get Minitab for my own personal use so I'd be happy with an older version.
only problem is all I can find is the student edition of 14 which is missing a lot the QA related functions.

any ideas where I can pick up a legal copy of, say, version 14 or earlier? Without paying $1200?

Found version 12 on ebay.... US $100

http://cgi.ebay.com/Minitab-Statistical-Software-Release-12-Six-Sigma_W0QQitemZ140112867701QQihZ004QQcategoryZ3769QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Discordian-

I moved your thread to the Minitab sud-forum.