[638] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: unkind remarks about K-12
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Taylor Walsh)
Fri Apr 26 07:43:22 1991
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 91 13:17:48 pdt
From: srchtec!emory!gatech!apple.com!well!taylorw%uupsi.UUCP@psi.com (Taylor Walsh)
To: SEAN@dranet.dra.com, com-priv@psi.com
If you're talking grade and high schools, $150 for a 1200 baud modem and
cheap software is still a big deal. Whoever said just get it out there
has it right. "value" (i.e., curriculum justification) emerges only
through use, so it's important to get 'em using networks and saying
to others "If we could do this *faster* it wouldn't cost so much..."