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From: prl3546@tahoma.UUCP (Philip R. Lindberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: RE: Educomputing 2000
Message-ID: <840@tahoma.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jan 90 18:40:09 GMT
Organization: The Boeing Co., BCA FSL, Seattle, WA
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> This is  a  call  for SPECULATION regarding the grade school/high
> school educational computing environment of the year 2000.
> [...]

There are at least two points that apply here.

One: Eventually, the "innovative" and "progressive/futuristic thinking"
administrator (which most of them think they are) will choose the
"standard-of-the-future" as their base computer, which of course is
I*M, (Everybody knows that right? ;).  Unless Apple chooses to
AGGRESSIVELY pursue them and convince them that they will continue
to advance AND still support their older systems.

Two: In the past, progress has usually started on the coasts (of USA) and
moved inward.  This means that while the middle-state schools are still
computing merrily with their //e's & IIgs' the coast-state schools will
start moving to I*M.  The Clone people are already jumping into this are
have made "great deals" with coast-state schools, (I know of several
personally).

The result?  Since Apple currently has a solid hold in the education
market, they will either sit on their laurels or push for MAC's.  The end
result?  The administrators will say, "Hey, if we need to change computers,
why not change to the 'standard-of-the-future' ?" (read I*M)

> So what do you think?  Where are we headed?

I wish I knew.  I think its up to Apple at this point.

> John Erickson

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