Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!mailrus!iuvax!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: anti-educational discount legislati Message-ID: <8400172@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 1 Oct 89 01:14:00 GMT Lines: 26 Nf-ID: #R:<8Z9Hmbi00WBLI1BXE9@andrew.cmu.e:-35:m.cs.uiuc.edu:8400172:000:1013 Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies Sep 30 20:14:00 1989 Re: Apple's appeal to stop legislation against student-discount pricing. Don't you hate one-dimensional slanted arguments? A primary reasons for the discount program is that computers are like cocaine -- once someone is hooked on a brand [e.g. macintosh], they will continue to be a "user" (computer abuser?) for the rest of their lives. The student discount program, in the long run, is a big moneymaker for Apple. In fact, selling gobs of computer systems to universities has always been a financial win for computer manufacturers (DEC preceded Apple in this respect). 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. *sigh* 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