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From: shiffman%basselope@Sun.COM (Hank Shiffman)
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Subject: Re: anti-educational discount legislati
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Date: 2 Oct 89 01:32:03 GMT
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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!


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