Re: ProTERM 3.1 DEMO on cco.caltech.edu

[schultp@pd-dom.dom.aa.wl.com (Paul Schultz)]

Todd P. Whitesel (toddpw@cco.caltech.edu) wrote:
: philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough) writes:


: Two words: Market size. The //e education market is still respectable. The
: IIgs-specific software market is much smaller, partly because most teachers
: don't have a clue as to how to use the IIgs features. Few educational
: software vendors are going to spend extra money on a IIgs version when they
: know they can easily outsell it with a cheaper-to-produce //e version.

Most IIgs computers in K-8 schools are 512K machines with no hard drive. They
can't run System 6.0.  At my kids school, the IIgs computers are used
EXCLUSIVELY to run 8 bit educational packages/games. Some machines don't even
have a mouse installed!!

Paul Schultz
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