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From: UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Educational Prices
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Date: 29 May 90 16:12:40 GMT
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In article <1990May27.123814.504@portia.Stanford.EDU>,
amigaman@portiaStanford.EDU (Colin Gould) says:
>
>Regarding the suggestion to talk to everybody`s computing center
>and giving them the new educational prices for CBM, so that students
>might actually get to see pricing for computers other than Mac/IBM:
>  Well, I tried that here, and prewtty much got ignored. Bookstore said
>"We'll see if there's demand for it. We'll call you."

Well, good try.  Maybe the reason I succeeded where you did not is that
I am  a faculty member active in computing.

So, my new variant suggestion for students is to try to find a CS or
MIS faculty member that is either interested in the Amiga, or at least
insterested in the distribution of accurate information about educational
discounts, and get them to approach the Computer center/bookstore/whatever.

Also.  Try a formal approach.  Send a short, clear memo justifying the
distriibution of Commodore prices along with others in the interest
of fair play, academic honesty, helping students and faculty make the
best decision, and so on.  Send it to the director of computing (probably
a suit at the VP level).

                        lee