[thelist] The Mac Market (was: Mac runtime for java update?)

[jeff]

greg,

:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: From: "Greg Strange" <gstrange at e-tsi.com>
:
: Microsoft gave nearly $200 million dollars to schools
: in 1998 and 1999 for the explicit purpose of buying
: PCs only.
:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

and that is $200 million those schools wouldn't have had if it hadn't been
donated.  it would have also been $200 million worth of computers that
wouldn't be available to the students of those schools to use and learn on,
irrespective of the platform.

i also find it hard to believe that a charitable donation would carry the
stipulation that a certain platform was purchased.  i know firsthand of a
charitable donation to a non-profit where the money will be used to build
something that uses technology that is a direct competitor to asp and yet
there is no stipulation in this instance.

just my experience,

.jeff

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