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...Twas right around Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring -- except George Molnar and his mouse. Molnar, president of Midwest Business Systems, a Southfield, Michigan, computer outlet, had just brought home a top-of-the-line IBM clone -- one of those multimedia wonders that come preloaded with dozens of software titles and bedecked with a CD-ROM drive, stereo speakers and a way-too-big monitor. The machine was "a Cadillac," says Molnar, except for one thing: it was having trouble getting started. Molnar sat there, mouse in hand, pointing and clicking, trying...
...Molnar's surprise and disappointment were shared by perhaps hundreds of thousands of other buyers this Christmas, who purchased home computers only to discover that the accursed things didn't work -- or at least didn't work well. While 1994 was a record breaker for the computer industry (18.4 million PCs shipped to stores), many analysts are wondering if 1995 won't be remembered as the Year of the Returns...
...hope the letter doesn't backfire," Mather resident and U.C. member R. Adam Molnar '96 said. Molnar said that it is doubtful, but possible that someone "just wants attention...
...Molnar said the tutors and masters are "handling [the situation] as well as they possibly...
...suffer are our kids." Behind all is the question of what will be the driving motive: Improving schools or improving E.A.I.'s bottom line? "This whole business about it being a win-win situation, that they can serve their customers and profit as well, is too glib," charges Alex Molnar, education professor at the University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee, who argues that schools are inherently unprofitable...