Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!uwvax!gumby!wayne From: wayne@gumby.WISC.EDU (Frederick Wayne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Educational discounts (was Re: The trouble with the Amiga) Message-ID: <471@gumby.WISC.EDU> Date: Mon, 8-Dec-86 11:49:29 EST Article-I.D.: gumby.471 Posted: Mon Dec 8 11:49:29 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 07:18:38 EST References: <819@ulowell.UUCP> <545@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> <4098@jhunix.UUCP> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 17 Summary: yes! yes! here too at crowded-with-40,000-students-UW! agreed in spades. our microcomputer outlet does a very nice business, thank you, and they're selling apples and ibms. even if the prices were not super-sacrifice low, think of the volume you could build, commodore! think of the PR! the loyalty! it's a whole new distributional channel already in place, staffed with knowledgable people (here at least), and all you have to do is provide machines and a little support. i'd love to see such a program, not simply because i'm cheap, but because the amiga needs proselityzing (sp? help, i need an engineer!) and the universities are great places to do it. not to mention a bit of prestige in the marketplace. i'll bet there are quite a few university outlet that sell apple and IBM...and i'd like to see that pair become a trio. rick