[178] in Resnet-Forum
Serving Software...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Dolan)
Thu Mar 3 18:02:11 1994
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 14:39:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Jonathan Dolan <dolanj@ucs.orst.edu>
To: resnet-forum <resnet-forum@MIT.EDU>
I have looked at a number of the Web sites that have been pointed
out here (on this forum) and from what I have read at those sites and
from what has been discussed here I gather that no one is currently
serving software to students (other than internet access utilities etc.)
Is there a reason that no one is doing this? Is it in the plans eventually?
Part of what we are doing here at OSU is trying to build a
"virtual lab". What I mean by this is that rather than devote resources
to open access student computing labs we are trying to give the same sort
of access to students in thier home. Initially the residence halls and
then ??? I plan to serve software like CAD programs for example, that
students would need for certain classes that they couldn't afford to
purchase on thier own machines. I would also like to provide a wide
variety of needed software that again perhaps are too expensive for the
average student to purchase.
Are any of you looking at the same thing, or is the focus now and
in the future just to give access to information resources.
Thanks.
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