Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!abc@brl-bmd From: abc@brl-bmd@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Why people own Apples Message-ID: <4925@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Sep-83 08:13:17 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.4925 Posted: Wed Sep 7 08:13:17 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Sep-83 06:39:54 EDT Lines: 15 From: Brint Cooper (CTAB) Another reason: If you teach in an elementary school where Apple computers are being used in the classroom, and if you wish to write and evaluate instructional software at home, and if you do not wish (or are not allowed) to carry the school's microcomputer back and forth, then you own an Apple! Why, you may ask, did the school obtain an Apple? The answer's as old as computing: other schools in the District already owned Apples, and they wanted software compatibility, common expertise, and a single maintenance contract. Brint