#Lets Play 20 Questions!
12-Feb-94 16:31:52
Sb: #131245-#Lets Play 20 Questions!
Fm: Nick Didkovsky 72250,3313
To: Mark D. Manes 74030,744
I am chairman of computer sciences at a private high school in NYC.
We all know the education market has been seized by the Apple
Macintosh, which is an abundant platform in our school. Yet when my
students are exposed to our two 16 MHz Amiga 3000's they are inspired
to do creative work well beyond the scope of what is offered by the
Macs. My question is twofold: 1) How did Commodore let the education
market slip away? 2) Is Commodore interested in the education market,
and if so, what steps will it take to try to gain a larger slice of
the pie. As every parent knows, 'what kids like, kids want'. Exposing
thousands of school children to Amiga computers by granting them or
selling them at EXCEPTIONALLY low cost to schools would be the most
effective advertising/sales campaign imaginable. Nick Didkovsky
Chairman of Computer Science, Dwight School, Manhattan