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And Apple's new educational online store isn't the only reason that schools should celebrate. According to MacCentral, Cisco Systems is planning on donating more than 3700 Macs to some 300 public schools in the Bay Area over the next couple of years. Score! That's a lot of free computing power! Way to go, Cisco!

...At least, sort of. The reason Cisco is giving away so many Macs is because they're migrating their whole business to Windows, and they're pulling all their Macs out of service. "We were one of the largest users of Apple," says a Cisco representative-- emphasis on "were." Not a good sign for Apple's future in the corporate world. Plus, all of the donated Macs are CPU's only-- monitors and keyboards are not included. (Strange, considering that ADB keyboards won't be much use to a business who's only going to use PC's.)

Ah, well... there's a dark side to every cause for joy. Apple's corporate loss is the school system's gain.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 3/8/98 episode:

March 8, 1998: The Apple Store's long-lost identical twin returns from school this April 30th. Meanwhile, Cisco Systems dumps their Macs, but at least they're dumping them somewhere useful, and the Justice Department prepares for all-out war with Microsoft...

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 516: Progressive Education (3/8/98)   Confirming rumors that have been flying for months at various Mac web sites, Apple finally announced the Apple Store for Education. Set for an April 30th launch, the Apple Store for Education will bring the same easy build-to-order configuration options currently available for consumers to the education market...

  • 518: Preparing for War (3/8/98)   If there was any question before about whether or not the Department of Justice was planning to extend its case against Microsoft, there now seems little doubt that the software company is the DoJ's new white whale...

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