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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
Life is sweet as a provider for the public sector, and then it's not.
Remember Wang computers? They delivered a lot of systems to the public sector. When PCs came along their response was to take those with purchase decisions on foreign trips. No amount of travel could cover for the price differential to desktops though.
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I remember Wang.
Just as we started getting PCs, central IT "gifted" our group with a $30K Wang system for the secretaries.
The facilities people, looking to save a few bucks, shut down building A/C one weekend in august. Took over a week to fix the system and recover the data.
Our PC ATs? Didn't even notice.
The boss did notice and committed to a full PC migration.
The big publishers are looking to textbooks to make up their pbook losses.
The HMH example may be a warning: relying on "the public largesse" is no sure thing.