Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!bbn!aoa!carl From: carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: anti-educational discount legislati Message-ID: <951@aoa.UUCP> Date: 3 Oct 89 12:08:12 GMT References: <8400172@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: carl@aoa (Carl Witthoft) Organization: Adaptive Optics assoc., Cambridge, Ma Lines: 22 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? [more deleted] >Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois >1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801 >ARPA: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu UUCP: {uunet,harvard}!uiucdcs!gillies Don, I think you are either a gross objectivist or else too young to remember the "good ol' days." It's called "Fair Trade," and laws were passed so that companies could NOT force retailers to sell at a fixed price. THere's nothing to stop Commodore or IBM ( :=) ) from selling student discounts. BTW, sporting goods, Ski resort lift tickets, musical instruments are a few items which come to mind that are often sold at discount to students/academic institutions. Why should computers be different? -- Alix' Dad ( Carl Witthoft @ Adaptive Optics Associates) {harvard,ima}!bbn!aoa!carl 54 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge,MA 02140 617-864-0201 "disclaimer? I'm not a doctor, but I do have a Master's Degree in Science!"