[DM-MUG] Fwd: Re: Business Task Force in Des Moines wants laptops in schools

[Victoria L. Herring]

Thought you'd find this of interest

>Cc: pamb@apple.com, lfox@apple.com
>From: Josh Morgan <joshm@apple.com>
>Subject: Re: Business Task Force in Des Moines wants laptops in schools
>Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:47:49 -0800
>To: "Victoria L. Herring" <vlh@herringlaw.com>
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>Thank you for your email.  I'll make sure it gets to the right people.
>
>Best regards,
>Josh Morgan
>On Dec 13, 2003, at 6:38 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
>
>I didn't know who else to direct this to, so am doing so to you in 
>the hope that someone in Apple Marketing or Education can take the 
>ball and run with it.
>
>Today's Des Moines Register reported that a business task force has 
>suggested putting laptops in schools and letting the kids take them 
>home.
>
>That would have been wonderful 10 years ago but over the years there 
>has been a steady erosion in use of Apples/Macs in the DM public 
>schools such that now they're almost hostile to them (they've been 
>steadily replacing the Macs with Dells).  The same is true of our 
>hometown university, Drake University, as well, by the way.
>
>We Mac users keep fighting but it's an uphill battle.  But if Apple 
>Marketing or Education were to find out who to work with maybe this 
>can be a win win thing.
>
>Thank you.
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Victoria L. Herring, Des Moines, Iowa - Owner, 
http://www.JourneyZing.com - Your Source for Customized Trip & Travel 
Research and Attorney at Law, for civil rights,  discrimination and 
employment law matters: http://www.herringlaw.com.  Ph. 515/255-4475; 
iChat AV:  victoriaherring@mac.com.