<Robert quickly hides his flame thrower in the bushes and tries to eliminate the maniacal gleam in his eye>
I hope this is not true Greg, it would be evidence that the School Board is making decisions based on the wrong criteria. Numerous studies have shown that the Mac platform has significantly lower operating costs for schools. Also, as far as I know educational software is heavily aimed at the Mac market. I can feel my hand reaching for my lighter so I'll stop before I drag my favorite flame war here. On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 02:33 PM, Greg Abbott wrote: > At a party last weekend, I was told by a parent that the Minneapolis > School > District had eliminated all tech support for its Apple Macintosh > computers > as part of its recent budget cuts. > > Can a knowledgeable list member confirm or deny this? If true, it > would > IMHO be the very definition of false economy. > > This raises the larger question, addressed to the school board > candidates, > of the district's information technology policies. Nationwide, there > has > been a trend to "standardize" computers on the Microsoft Windows > platform in > education. I am curious if the District has a policy to standardize on > Windows, and where the various candidates stand on the issue. > > I don't want to attach more importance to this issue than it deserves - > teachers teach students, not computers, and the platform question is > even > one more step removed. And I'm sure I'm giving our esteemed List > Manager a > Maalox moment by potentially introducing the mother of all flame wars > -- Mac > v. PC -- to the Mpls Issues list. > Robert Schmid Central Neighborhood Candidate for Hennepin Soil & Water Board, District 2 Green Party Endorsed _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
