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From: wex@banzai-inst.SW.MCC.COM (Alan Wexelblat)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Cynic's Guide to SE #6: Forthcoming Revolt
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Date: 6 Oct 88 15:03:17 GMT
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In article <5519@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>, cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles Lord)
totally misses the point of my posting.

Since I was rather long-winded, let's see if I can summarize it:
      In response to the contention that the proliferation of PCs/Macs would
      give students more power, I pointed out that professors often make
      assignments *assuming* that the student has such power available.  I
      pointed out that this is frequently a problem in non-CS departments.
      I did not impute nefarious motives to anyone, merely ignorant
      assumptions to a certain type of professor.

Charles' comments that some professors/schools/departments aren't nefarious
and some places offer huge discounts to students therefore misses my point.

I hope this clarifies things somewhat.

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