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In article <1992Apr7.230019.27915@macc.wisc.edu> anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) writes:
>
>In article <1992Apr7.201733.25541@serval.net.wsu.edu>
>pmiles@kili.eecs.wsu.edu (Peter Miles - MME) writes:
>
>>Below is a list of universities that I have compiled from
>>people who posted about "shitty (educational) dealers"
>
>You show me, dog-breath, where *anyone* from the University
>of Wisconsin (the which state's name you can't even spell)
>posted even a mildly negative comment about the NeXT sales
>program at this university.  If you can, I will promptly
>apologize for calling you a name.  In return, assuming you
>cannot produce -- I've tried to be a little more than
>ordinarily vigilant, both before and since calling you
>earlier on this mistake -- I think fairness indicates that
>you should apologize to me and to my institution.
>
>>There were several reasons given about this, ranging from
>>being unfamiliar with the NeXT, to I can give a damn about
>>NeXT's - I will sell only Mac's and IBM's.
>>The bottom line is that these university campus computer
>>sales reps, are not promoting the NeXT product line, and
>>try to confince you that the only computer worth buying is
>>a Mac or IBM. For NeXT to do better in their university 
>>sales, these reps should at least acknowledge that NeXT
>>is a quality machine and should be looked at when making
>>a decision on which machine to purchase.
>
>>Bad reputation:
>>Washington State University     Brown University
>>University of Washington        University of Arizona
>>Berkeley                        University of Rochester
>>University of Maryland          Brigham Young University
>>Stanford                        University of Pittsburg
>>Penn State                      North Carolina State University
>>Rice                            Universtiy of Oregon
>>University of Wisconson         Case Western Reserve University
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>Notre Dame                      San Jose State University
>>University of Hawaii            New Mexico State University
>>University of Missouri          Duke
>>University of Calgary           Harvey Mudd College
>>Colorado State University       University od Colorado-Boulder
>
>>The list below, is a list of schools that I have recieved
>>outstanding and glowing reports on their enthusiasm with
>>supporting NeXT products. 
>>
>>Good schools:
>>University of Illinois          University of British Columbia
>>MIT
>
>>Peter J. Miles               A Mechanical Engineering Graduate student
>>pmiles@eecs.wsu.edu          looking for a job in engineering software
>>                                          Development
>
>Assuming you're interested in a position in which common
>sense and judgment might be involved, I would say you're
>rapidly lowering the index of your employability.
>
>-- 
>Jess Anderson <> Madison Academic Computing Center <> University of Wisconsin
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I would deffinately have to agree with Jess's post.  I purchased
a machine from UWM, and was more then happy with the service and
general friendliness that was offered to me.
		-Scott Violet (xepo@csd4.csd.uwm.edu)