08-13-2009, 05:47 PM
Wow, this part is astounding:
"The Macintosh "pogrom" reportedly began when then-Superintendent Gary Norris came to town and declared the school system would be PC-only. A variety of students and teachers protested – including sending letters to the editor. Even though Norris is gone, the surplus declaration for Macs continues.
The school system, at the urging of joint county-school board information technology chief Bob Hanson, entered into a leasing agreement with Hewlett-Packard this year to replace all school computers with HP machines as existing computers aged beyond five years. The Booker "Mac massacre"– as another teacher dubbed it – is part of the five-years-and-out effort."
... wait, so one guy just arbitrarily said "no Macs", and that's what's led to this...? Shouldn't that be a decision for an IT department? I'm guessing there might have been some kickbacks to the HP rep...
"The Macintosh "pogrom" reportedly began when then-Superintendent Gary Norris came to town and declared the school system would be PC-only. A variety of students and teachers protested – including sending letters to the editor. Even though Norris is gone, the surplus declaration for Macs continues.
The school system, at the urging of joint county-school board information technology chief Bob Hanson, entered into a leasing agreement with Hewlett-Packard this year to replace all school computers with HP machines as existing computers aged beyond five years. The Booker "Mac massacre"– as another teacher dubbed it – is part of the five-years-and-out effort."
... wait, so one guy just arbitrarily said "no Macs", and that's what's led to this...? Shouldn't that be a decision for an IT department? I'm guessing there might have been some kickbacks to the HP rep...