Schools pulling the plug on Macs
baltimoresun.com

For nearly two decades, Anne Peach has taught graphic arts at a Catonsville high school using Apple Macintosh computers, knowing her students would use that system in the working world.

But the Apple logo has given way to the waving Windows icon in Baltimore County schools' graphic design and multimedia computer labs, and Peach is furious.

The main reason previously stated for replacing Macintosh computers in schools with Windows PCs was that students needed to learn on computers they would be using in the workplace. Now they're saying:

Students and staff can share information efficiently if everyone uses compatible equipment. "All of this can happen only if we're all on the same operating platform."

Oh, sure. Apparently the world is not sharing information via the Internet using different operating systems (Windows 95, 98, Me, XP; MacOS 9, OS X, Linux, etc.)