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Subject: Re: Another Leary thing
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No doubt that computers are useful, but until they fall to at most $400 ($250,
the price of a tV or stereo would be good0, they will not become truly 
populist.  I expect this goal in a few years with some PClone systems.
As someone who has benifitted from micros (and knowing how to program them),
I only wish this price drop would come sooner.  Until joe/jane average needs
a computer, she will not get one.  (By need, i mean percieve a need. i.e.
we need TVs, radios, and microwaves)

As for Leary, he did say "ghetto."  That was no exaggeration.  Maybe he's
been seeing too many reciepts from his recent speaking tour.  Still, $600
is a lot of money.  If a computer purchase has to be planned for 9+ months,
it is not as affordable as it should be.

John Kawakami