Posted by Richard Crowley on 10/10/06 00:18

"GaryT" wrote...
> If that statement is true (that Apple and others don't care about
> "padding" the ranks of students), then they are deliberately pricing their
> product higher than it should be for everyone else. If they are going to
> wink at the non-student students, then it means they think anyone who
> *isn't* gaming the system is just being foolish (but they are willing to
> take the money anyway). The ethics cut both ways.

But Apple has the entire education industry bamboozled into
training students to operate computers they will have a 1-in-20
chance of encountering in the Real World (TM). Oh well, the
education biz are systematically working themselves out of
significance in modern society so who cares.

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