From: anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: Re: List of poor educational dealers
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:00:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: macc.1992Apr7.230019.27915
Organization: Madison Academic Computing Center, UW-Madison


In article <1992Apr7.201733.25541@serval.net.wsu.edu>
pmiles@kili.eecs.wsu.edu (Peter Miles - MME) writes:

>Below is a list of universities that I have compiled from
>people who posted about "shitty (educational) dealers"

You show me, dog-breath, where *anyone* from the University
of Wisconsin (the which state's name you can't even spell)
posted even a mildly negative comment about the NeXT sales
program at this university.  If you can, I will promptly
apologize for calling you a name.  In return, assuming you
cannot produce -- I've tried to be a little more than
ordinarily vigilant, both before and since calling you
earlier on this mistake -- I think fairness indicates that
you should apologize to me and to my institution.

>There were several reasons given about this, ranging from
>being unfamiliar with the NeXT, to I can give a damn about
>NeXT's - I will sell only Mac's and IBM's.
>The bottom line is that these university campus computer
>sales reps, are not promoting the NeXT product line, and
>try to confince you that the only computer worth buying is
>a Mac or IBM. For NeXT to do better in their university 
>sales, these reps should at least acknowledge that NeXT
>is a quality machine and should be looked at when making
>a decision on which machine to purchase.

>Bad reputation:
>Washington State University     Brown University
>University of Washington        University of Arizona
>Berkeley                        University of Rochester
>University of Maryland          Brigham Young University
>Stanford                        University of Pittsburg
>Penn State                      North Carolina State University
>Rice                            Universtiy of Oregon
>University of Wisconson         Case Western Reserve University
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Notre Dame                      San Jose State University
>University of Hawaii            New Mexico State University
>University of Missouri          Duke
>University of Calgary           Harvey Mudd College
>Colorado State University       University od Colorado-Boulder

>The list below, is a list of schools that I have recieved
>outstanding and glowing reports on their enthusiasm with
>supporting NeXT products. 
>
>Good schools:
>University of Illinois          University of British Columbia
>MIT

>Peter J. Miles               A Mechanical Engineering Graduate student
>pmiles@eecs.wsu.edu          looking for a job in engineering software
>                                          Development

Assuming you're interested in a position in which common
sense and judgment might be involved, I would say you're
rapidly lowering the index of your employability.

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