Re: The Apple II Mail Group

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

ICS Softy wrote:

>
> A investigative reporter for one of hte local TV stations recently ran a piece
> on a San Diego school district that used $40,000 in federal grant money to buy
> 10 Apple Cinema Displays.  These are 21" wide aspect LCD monitors that cost $4K
> each and were designed for high end graphics workstations.  They ended up being
> used in the district's offices essentially being used as toys for the staff.
>
> Although a district spokeman for the district said some are being used for
> webpage work, local computer experts all agreed that it was overkill.

Your tax dollars at work.

I remember when we lived in a small town on the OK-KS border, and the elementary
school principle and and his secretary got new Macs, while the classrooms still had
only a //e each. I asked why not //GSs, so that the classrooms computers could be
connected to the office's machines by AppleTalk, or NikeNet. All I got were blank
looks. It's almost as if practicality and school administration are mutually
exclusive.

Roy