Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!panda!genrad!decvax!decwrl!amdcad!cae780!tektronix!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve From: eve@ssc-bee.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Educational discounts (was Re: The trouble with the Amiga) Message-ID: <662@ssc-bee.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Dec-86 15:53:16 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-bee.662 Posted: Tue Dec 9 15:53:16 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 10:54:26 EST References: <819@ulowell.UUCP> <545@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> <1292@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <4098@jhunix.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 16 Bah! Humbug! Although the Apple educational discounts may have put a large number of Apples into students' hands, I'm not convinced it did Apple any good in the larger market. In fact, it raised considerable ire among the general computing population. It seemed like almost everyone (students, developers, teachers, etc) could get a fantastic deal on the Mac while John Q. Public could walk into his neighborhood computer store and get fantastically screwed. Let's just have one pricing policy for everyone. No more privileged groups. -- Mike Eve Boeing Aerospace, Seattle ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve