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From: long@oliveb.UUCP (A Panther Modern)
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Subject: Re: Univ. of VT chooses AT&T pc's
Message-ID: <387@oliveb.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 27-Apr-85 14:21:59 EDT
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Posted: Sat Apr 27 14:21:59 1985
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br@duke.UUCP (Balu Raman) writes:
| In article <387@ho95b.UUCP> wcs@ho95b.UUCP (Bill Stewart) writes:
| >> > Burlington, Vermont; .... Incoming freshmen ...will be required to
| >> > purchase [AT&T 6300 PC] starting in the fall of 1985. Students will
| >> > be able to purchase their machines outright, or finance the cost over
| >> > their four years at the University. Maintenance is included in the
| >> > cost of the machines.
| >> What if they can't afford it?  
| >> 	marie desjardins
| >
| >Requiring freshmen in technical fields to purchase PCs of one sort or
| >another is becoming increasingly common, and it's not a bad thing.
|
| It's not a bad thing if you are asked to purchase or have a PC of any kind; they
| seem to be forcing the students to buy one brand. Its like forcing me to buy
| only a Honda Civic or whatever because UVM cannot provide parking space for  
| other cars. When one spends that kind of money one should be free to purchase  
| any hardware within limits. Or is it true, students have no rights ?
| 
|       Balu Raman CCP, Duke University,NC

    What about compatibility?  I agree that perhaps they should be allowed to
buy any 6300 PC-compatible computer, but having non-compatible machines would
largely negate the purpose of requiring PCs.

						Dave Long
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