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From: rgm@sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU (Robert Menke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!
Summary: correction about educational discounts (not a flame)
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Date: 18 Dec 89 23:02:40 GMT
References: <6767@tank.uchicago.edu> <1989Dec17.112127.27333@me.toronto.edu> <14960@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <1989Dec17.223025.6618@me.toronto.edu>
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In article <1989Dec17.223025.6618@me.toronto.edu> yap@me.utoronto.ca (Davin
Yap) writes:
>	...but I've been told that Apple
>	recently tried to organize a consortium of companies that would
>	agree to stop offering educational discounts!  Sliiimmmeeeeyyyy!

Actually, it was a group of computer sellers, not Apple, who tried to pass
legeslation to outlaw computer discounts.  A representative from Apple even
posted on this newsgroup asking us to write letters to the congressmen, etc.

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