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From: gillies
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1989 01:14
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1989 01:14
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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
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