Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uwvax!tank!gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu From: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: anti-educational discount legislati Message-ID: <5644@tank.uchicago.edu> Date: 3 Oct 89 19:30:53 GMT Sender: news@tank.uchicago.edu Distribution: usa Organization: University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Lines: 27 As far as I know, _all_ computers sold through the computer store here on campus are discounted for students: IBM, Apple, and Next. I think this proposed legislation is a total rip-off. And support for it is completely bogus. The whole point of reducing prices for students is due to the fact that students, as a whole, cannot afford the retail prices -- prices which are to a large extent intended for corporate buyers. Of course there's something in it for Apple (or IBM, or Next), but there's a lot in it for students as well. If not many students can afford a $2000 Mac and a $6500 Next, how many will be able to afford a $4000 Mac or a $10,000 Next? This country _needs_ to be at the forefront of technology, and computers play a big part in this. The more students who are familiar with computer technology -- whether at a programming or a user level --, the higher their technological knowledge, and the better off we are as a nation. If we make it more difficult for students to purchase computers, it will be the retailers who profit in the short run, and all of us who suffer in the long run. Robert ============================================================================ = gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu * generic disclaimer: * "It's more fun to = = crsp_ra@gsbacd.uchicago.edu * all my opinions are * compute" = = * mine * -Kraftwerk = ============================================================================