At 22:31 +0000 12/12/02, Toby Oldham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Australian University drops Mac support
The University of Western Australia (UWA), which began teaching IT
courses on the first Macs in the mid-eighties, has dropped Mac support
from its teaching programs, claiming that the cost of Apple hardware
was the reason for the decision (up to 2.5x the cost): "There was
nothing about OSX we didn't like, we just couldn't really afford the
hardware costs." The Australian IT article notes that in contrast, the
University of NSW installed a new Mac lab last year with 20 machines,
primarily for teaching human computer interface (and is also working
on Cocoa software development courses).
There usually is more to a newspaper story than meets the eye.
Enquiring minds might have expected more thorough reporting from "The
Australian".
<http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5666136%255E15306,00.html>
* The reporter didn't mention the manufacturer of the PCs that UWA
Computer Science buy, or provide any pricing or configuration
comparison.
* There was no mention of Microsoft operating system or server
licensing costs on Windows PCs.
* There was no analysis of the total cost of ownership of either system.
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