I hate it when campuses go all PC. It really has nothing to do with
doing the job better or saving money, it's really about a staff of
incompetent IT personnel who refuse to learn anything but the most
basic PC skills. Take the school I go to: all PC network, and the IT
staff haven't a clue what they are doing. The wireless went down in
one building for 2 weeks, the guys on site never bothered to say
anything about it to anyone else despite numerous complaints, and the
only answer to us students was "it's not our responsibility." so the
main IT office never even got word that the wireless was down. Once
they did find out, they didn't even know what was wrong for another
week. Complete incompetence. What really pains me is that they have
a B&W sitting under a table in a computer lab, no one knows how it
works, no one cares, so it jsut sits there taking up space.
Brian
On Aug 16, 2005, at 7:27 PM, Karen Thompson wrote:
I wish I could say I was a dumpster diver and got some of those
Macs, but
alas, it hit the local news before we knew what was happening. But
now I'm
keeping a sharp eye as I understand the Windoze systems have won
out and
next fiscal year the Macs will be history. (They have already
replaced the
student labs with Windoze systems.) I'd like to have my old dual
processor
G4 with the 20" Cinema display.
Up until recently, the systems were changed out every two years so
we were
fortunate at one time to have the latest and the greatest. Alas, no
more.
Not even OS upgrades.
I realize greed is a natural human condition but I've traveled all
over the
world and have never seen in other countries what I've seen here.
But then
perhaps it's where I live. Annapolis, Maryland the "Sailboating
Capital of
the World" a/k/a Ego Alley. But then there are other rivals,
Newport, RI and
Auckland, New Zealand.
kt
From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: G-Books <G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:42:39 -0700
To: G-Books <G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com>
Subject: Re: $50 iBooks @ UVA
On Aug 16, 2005, at 4:23 PM, Karen Thompson wrote:
Only in America! It's a sad commentary on money, greed and
conspicuous
consumption in this country.
If you think "Only in America", oh, dear, you are so, sooo
wrong...greed is a natural human condition.
I think you are right Michelle, some of these
will definitely end up on eBay. Why didn't they just donate to the
Christina
Foundation or another charitable org and take the write off?
Because as a government entity they're non-profit, ergo, no tax
write-
off and they have to go through specific procedures dispose of
surplus systems; most of the time these rules are deeply convoluted
because people are always good at manipulating them for personal
profit.
Also, having worked in .edu and non-profits for quite a while, I can
tell you that our systems tend to get run into the ground before we
send 'em off to Surplus Property.
Of course at
the college I worked for, they just put Macs in the dumpster. Go
figure!
Hey, more for the dumpster divers! I should hope you rescued at least
some of them...
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Bruce Johnson
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