16 Aug
2005
16 Aug
'05
7:57 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Shoppa" <shoppa_classiccmp at trailing-edge.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: Used laptop stampede
Since when does government (you know the entity that can actually just tax
people more or print more money as needed) care about wasting money. A
schoolsystem gets allot of their operating budget from local taxes, so I
would think they might want to be smarter about showing how wasteful they
are with the locals money (since they are close enough to get lynched by
those taxpayers).
You have to
ask why the school was ditching machines in working
condition (wasted taxpayer money)
I know of one large government organization in Washington DC that uses
its PC's as nothing but 3270 emulators... and upgrades them every 1.5 to
2 years along with it's IT department recomendation.
Tim.