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

[David Thrasher]

I was trying to find a past article from the iCringely website (http://www.pbs.org/cringely) that was really good about why IT Departments are so loyal to Microsoft PCs but I couldn't locate it. What I remember from it was that he summed it up to job security. I sure wish I could locate that article because it explained what I was seeing with the Des Moines Public School's IT department to a T.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Victoria L. Herring" <VLHerring@HerringLaw.com>
Sent: Dec 14, 2003 8:21 PM
To: dmmug@dmmug.org
Subject: [DM-MUG] Fwd: Re: Business Task Force in Des Moines wants laptops in schools

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>
>X-Loop-Detect:1
>Status:  
>
>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.
>--
>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: 
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>
>****************************************
>Josh Morgan            
>Apple
>Public Relations, Education & Gov't
>1 Infinite Loop   MS:  303-3PR
>Cupertino, California 95014
>Voice: 408.974.7149
>e-mail: joshm@apple.com
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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.
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