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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : Mark <markc@trinity.sa.edu.au>
  Date: 23 Apr 2001 16:32:36 +0930

Re: MS Curriculum at schools and TAFEs ...

On 23 Apr 2001 16:12:33 +0930, Mark wrote:

> At Trinity College, anything internetty (new word there) is Unix based 
> (well Linux actually). We have recently purchased 130 SUNRAY devices and 
> are using an E450 as the SUNRAY server.  We also have an Ultra 80 as an 
> application server running Netscape, IE, Star Office and The Gimp.  This 
> week, while most people are away, we will also trial running applications 
> off Linux servers and displaying them on the SUNRAYs.   Very very sexy stuff.

Indeed. We had a similar problem. We were offered 100 SunRays and an
E450 (x4 CPUs, 4GB RAM, 36GB Hard Disk) for ~100K. That's quite a decent
price.

The problem with implementing it was that the staff were not prepared to
take 'the risk'. Definately there is a risk involved, but they weren't
prepared to take it.

I could and still can see the benefits in running UNIX, with the
SunRay's being particularly attractive. Try telling that to the
management people though...

   - andrew

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