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...first 'extras' that some of the Mason Fellows would cut is a summer program required of them but optional for American MPAs. The Fellows arrive in July for an eight week summer session which includes courses in micro-economics, computers, English, speed reading and some introduction to the case study method...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Training Tomorrow's Third World Leaders | 4/26/1984 | See Source »

While they have nurtured domestic manufacturers, the government policies have also helped to jack up the price of Brazilian computers by limiting competition and access to foreign know-how. "By and large, Brazilian micro-and minicomputers are comparable to other machines on the international market," notes Helio

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Copacomputer | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

...Choose-a-Pooch catalogues the temperaments and needs of 120 breeds, to indicate how a particular dog would fit with a prospective owner. At the six restaurants and bars in Washington's Watergate Hotel, micro-CELLARMASTER monitors the supply of 80,000 bottles of wine, liquor and soft drinks. The result: more efficient inventory management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wizard Inside The Machine | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...hardest things to comprehend about software, at least for consumers, is the price. While the cost of making a floppy disc and the packaging runs only about $4 to $7, the software sells for much more. A data management program like dBase II costs $700, while Micro/ Scan II, a stock-analysis program, can be as much as $12,500. Even a popular educational product like Bank Street Writer has an undis-counted price of $69.95, and a program to teach a preschooler the alphabet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wizard Inside The Machine | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...increase their visibility, software companies have begun using a time-tested sales technique: celebrity endorsements. Electronic Arts has put out a computer basketball game featuring a match-up between Larry Bird and Julius Erving. Micro Education Corp. of America in Westport, Conn., is beginning to introduce programs that carry the names of well-known writers: Andrew Tobias' Managing Your Money ($199.95) and James F. Fixx's The Running Program ($79.95). Both Tobias and Fixx say they helped develop the software, though neither is a programmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wizard Inside The Machine | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

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