>Gone are the days of 30% student discounts. We paid a student to get 
>2 SE's (one with an HD) and a laserwriter. We saved about US$1800 
>and the student(s) still made a good killing.

Ah, yes. I signed up as a developer in 1986 and got a 50% discount on 
everything. No fees, either. I sold enough "gray-market" systems to 
friends & associates to pay most of my college expenses that year...
-- 
Otto Schlosser
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Technology will definitely solve all our problems, but in the process 
it will create brand-new ones. But that's OK because the most you can 
expect from life is to get to solve better and better problems. - 
Scott Adams