Mactivists resist Florida school district’s plan to switch to PCs

Sarasota County school superintendent Gary Norris didn't know what he'd be up against when he
ordered a district-wide changeover from Macs to PCs. Sarasota High School Teacher of the Year, Barry Gilliland, has launched a campaign
(complete with web site) to fight the decision, which was largely based on PC cost and popularity:

"On the issue that Windows is the most prevalent operating system... And McDonald's is the world's most popular
restaurant ... but does being the most popular automatically mean that McDonald's serves the best food?"

Hear, hear!

Norris counters with the argument that "All of our young people in America will eventually be out in their place of work with a PC," (self-fulfilling prophecy! :)) but also notes that PCs are hopelessly behind in the fields of graphics and video. Sounds to me like a new twist on devaluing the arts.

Norris does concede the following compromise: teachers who can present a good case for keeping their Macs will be able to avoid having to switch. Gilliland has at least one great one: his iBook and Power Mac haven't crashed in two years.

(story picked up via MyAppleMenu.)