Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site druxy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!drutx!druxy!bees From: bees@druxy.UUCP (DavisRB) Newsgroups: net.micro.apple Subject: Re: Apple University Consortium Message-ID: <992@druxy.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Feb-84 12:00:22 EST Article-I.D.: druxy.992 Posted: Mon Feb 20 12:00:22 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Feb-84 07:26:08 EST References: <836@cvl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 15 > Unfortunately, the US law says you have to sell identical > manufactured goods at the same price to everybody, no matter how > the utility of your product varies among your customers. One of > the few legal schemes to get around this is to sell computers at > "academic" prices. The restriction is artificial, but it allows > more computers to be sold to those who wouldn't buy at "regular" > price, while requiring "regular" price from most of those who > would be willing to pay more than the "academic" price. Then how does Apple get away with giving discounts to Certified Apple Developers? Lots of companies do this! Ray Davis AT&T Information Systems Laboratories Denver {ihnp4|hogpc}!druxy!bees (303)538-3991