> Supposedly, Apple put in a bid at the last minute with the state and won the school contract, and they had a virtual monopoly in the public schools in Minneso

> Supposedly, Apple put in a bid at the last minute with the state and won the school contract, and they had a virtual monopoly in the public schools in Minnesota. Dale LaFrenz, who was helping administer MECC, states [1] that Apple won the bid because they filed the only compliant bid. The board was leaning towards TRS-80, but Radio Shack didn't want to bother with the state's bureaucratic bid process. [1] https://conservancy.umn.edu/items/7f6d8e9e-0560-43e0-9050-3ae56afb2251 https://conservancy.umn.edu/items/7f6d8e9e-0560-43e0-9050-3a...