Michael.Witbrock@CS.CMU.EDU (03/22/90)
I'm hoping that the educational discount is an experiment which C-A will decide to extend. It's probably good policy, since IBM, Apple, Sun, NeXT, all offer outrageous bribes to hook people on their systems (AND peripherals) whilst they are at university. michael
eaeu079@orion.oac.uci.edu (Jason Goldberg) (03/22/90)
In article <wa20J=y00XNI8GBFAS@cs.cmu.edu> Michael.Witbrock@CS.CMU.EDU writes: >I'm hoping that the educational discount is an experiment which C-A will >decide to extend. It's probably good policy, since IBM, Apple, Sun, >NeXT, all [STUFF DELETED] > >michael If I understand corectly the current educational discount (where are authorized amiga dealers are able to sell educational systems) is considered an interem program. Ultimitaely CBM hopes to have specifically designated educational dealers who are well suited to support education as well as having only one dealer for each educational market. While they are in the process of selecting these dealers they are offering the current program. And sales under this program is one of the criteria for selecting the educational dealerships. -Jason- -- --------- Jason Goldberg INTERNET: eaeu079@ORION.OAC.UCI.EDU BITNET: eaeu079@UCI.BITNET
axjjb@acad3.fai.alaska.edu (03/23/90)
In article <wa20J=y00XNI8GBFAS@cs.cmu.edu>, Michael.Witbrock@CS.CMU.EDU writes... >I'm hoping that the educational discount is an experiment which C-A will >decide to extend. It's probably good policy, since IBM, Apple, Sun, >NeXT, all >offer outrageous bribes to hook people on their systems (AND >peripherals) whilst they >are at university. > >michael Our local dealer here in Anchorage, Alaska says that the offers have been extended through april 30th. Joe...
msiskin@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu (Marc Siskin) (03/26/90)
In article <wa20J=y00XNI8GBFAS@cs.cmu.edu> Michael.Witbrock@CS.CMU.EDU writes: >I'm hoping that the educational discount is an experiment which C-A will >decide to extend. It's probably good policy, since IBM, Apple, Sun, >NeXT, all >offer outrageous bribes to hook people on their systems (AND >peripherals) whilst they >are at university. > >michael I talked to my local Ed Dealer last night (Yes on a Sunday) and he had received the new price list for the continuation of the general Ed program. I don't know if CBM has extended the special 'for those of us who saw the potential of the Amiga years ago' pricing on parts, but the buy a complete machine bundle and any parts you want deal is definately going on. Also, this past week CBM attended the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium Conference (Calico) and showed off their Authoring system as well as the machine in general. Even as a Beta test version the program looked pretty good. It is Icon based module oriented with an Arexx port. I was asked to come up with a short demo lesson for display during the software showcase and without reading the manual, I was able to do a lesson using Sound samples, their built-in simple graphics capability, still images, animations and the SAY type voice. People who have been working on interactive education for years were impressed both with the ease of doing the lesson and the performance/price of the Amiga. Marc Siskin Media Production Assistant Language Lab Univ. of Michigan Msiskin@shogun.cc.umich.edu UserHEBE@umichub Disclaimer............. I am NOT beta testing AmigaVision CBM's Authoring System. All impressions are based on about 5 hours infront of the screen over the past week setting up the machine for a new beta tester and my efforts at creating a small lesson.