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From: ONM64%DMSWWU1A.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Kai Henningsen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: The future of MINIX
Message-ID: <19982@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 18 Jul 89 18:29:51 GMT
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Well, here it's again ... not a good Idea to send it to
 MINIX-L@DEARN.BITNET, INFO-MINIX@UDEL.EDU is the place if I wish to
 reach the rest of the world ...
>From:         Andy Tanenbaum <ast@CS.VU.NL>
>VISION ON THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION:
>I think that in the coming decade, many universities will expect/require
>all students to buy a computer.  If you take a $2000 computer and write it
>off over four years, you get $500 per year.  When added to private college
>tuition of $10K per year, it only adds 5% and the student gets to keep the
>computer afterwards.  At state schools it will take a little longer, but not
>much.

Whow, that's numbers! I'm really glad I live in Germany ... that's about
DM 50,- (ca. $25) per Semester ...    $10K???????
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