Re: Re. Sun-Apple

[Tom O'Neill <tdon@delphi.com>]

T. K. MALONE <astdm@orion.alaska.edu> writes:
 
>I have been watching some of this on the news and found it very funny that when
>they told the stories on the news they showed classrooms, and what not with
>Apple ][e's all over the place.  Talking about schools, Apple possible business
>transaction with Sun, its pledge to continued support, etc.  I thought over the
>years the Apple tried to get the //s out of the classroom and put in Macs?  I
>guess there is still a large number of //s in action.  :)
 
I read in a PC mag for eduycators last fall that there are some 5.8 million
computers in uyse in the grades k-12 in the USA...and of those some 50% are
the old 8-bit Apple variety....that means some 2.9 million machines as an
installed
base...not to mention a sizable percentage of 8-bit IBM/clones still out there.
...and if IBM has some 35% of the market, then there would seem to be relatively
few MACs in place in the classrooms...probably more in colleges than in
k-12...most in the lower schools are in high schools...I'll have to search
around for that issue and get the exact numbers.
Regards,
Tom