Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!sun-barr!newstop!sun!basselope!shiffman From: shiffman%basselope@Sun.COM (Hank Shiffman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: anti-educational discount legislati Message-ID: <125615@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 2 Oct 89 01:32:03 GMT References: <8400172@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Reply-To: shiffman@sun.UUCP (Hank Shiffman) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 39 In article <8400172@m.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > >Re: Apple's appeal to stop legislation against student-discount pricing. > >Don't you hate one-dimensional slanted arguments? >I can see why Apple opposes this legislation. > >In some respects, the student-discount program resembles the airline >frequent-flyer program, except you must take the kickback (unearned >perks) BEFORE you go out to industry, while you're still in college. What's the matter? Do you have something against enlightened self- interest? Of course Apple gets a lot more out of this program than just goodwill. Digital gave huge discounts and made massive donations of equipment to universities for years just so there would be a large number of DEC-savvy programmers out in the real world. That doesn't make it a bad thing for the students just because it's good for Digital. Personally, I have to applaud Apple's university program. Anything which gets computers into the hands of students (*especially* those who aren't studying Computer Science) is worthwhile for the students. Why is it wrong if it's also worthwhile for the manufacturer? Besides, if I couldn't figure out what was in it for the corporate donor, *that's* when I start to worry. Much better to have the motive out front, where we can all see it. Disclaimer: I'm neither a student nor a university employee. I have no stake in this issue, beyond wanting Apple continued success so lots of exciting hardware and software continues to be attracted to the Mac. So there! -- Hank Shiffman (415) 336-4658 Marketing Technical Specialist Software Engineering Technologies ...!sun!shiffman Sun Microsystems, Inc. shiffman@Sun.com