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From: sb@pro-generic.cts.com (Stephen Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Educomputing 2000
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Date: 13 Jan 90 07:43:46 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from ericmcg@pro-generic.cts.com

We use ICONS (made by Burroughs, now Unisys) at my school. The 'educational'
software is a joke. It could easily be replaced by Apple IIe software, let
alone Apple IIgs software. The only thing it does provide however, is for
students to very easily grab things from each other's directories, and for
complete records to be kept of what each student does (somewhat Orwellian!)

In terms of what these psuedo UNIX (called QNX) machines COULD do, they are
being underutilized.  But the Government of Ontario (Canada) has made a large
financial committment to the ICON, and I can't see them admitting that they
have developed a very expensive mistake.

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