[ucc] UWA and Apples
David Cake
dave at difference.com.au
Mon Dec 16 15:25:02 WST 2002
Yes, Chris was misquoted, he says. Where the article says
'UWA', it means 'UWA Computer Science Department Labs'. Those
familiar with some of the dubious decisions made by Chris/CS Dept in
the past will not be terribly surprised at any decision they make.
When they say that they chose to use machines other than Macs
for TCO reasons, remember this is the same committee who thought that
dual booting their labs in Windows and Linux would not significantly
increase support costs. So it is possible they might not recognise
TCO issues even when they are biting them on the arse.
Cheers
David (who, FWIW, thinks that Macs with free Project
Builder/Interface Builder etc AND a free CodeWarrior licence sounds
pretty sweet as a CS teaching lab, but also thinks that a Linux lab
instead is not necessarily a bad choice, but is not newsworthy)
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