[27327] in Athena Bugs
Re: Debathena Beta
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Geoffrey Thomas)
Thu Jun 25 13:26:52 2009
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:26:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@mit.edu>
To: Quentin Smith <quentin@mit.edu>
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Okay. It would be good if you made it more obvious that what the machines
are running is not an IS&T-supported version or respin of Debathena by any
means (see, for instance, OpenOffice isn't installed).
--
Geoffrey Thomas
geofft@mit.edu
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Quentin Smith wrote:
> I just wanted to point out the 37-312 is NOT an IS&T cluster; it's an OEIT
> cluster, and I have explicit permission from them to run Debathena on the
> machines for the week. I really don't appreciate having you interfere with
> our reservation by telling users to manipulate the hardware, because it just
> creates more work for us.
>
> --Quentin
>
> On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Michelle Kwak wrote:
>
>> Thanks for getting back to me. I tried removing the CD and restarting, but
>> I
>> may be creating more problems than solving them. Thanks for the backup
>> plan,
>> but I'll have to settle for another plan.
>>
>> MIchelle
>>
>> Quoting Jonathan Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU> on Wed 24 Jun 2009 09:17:57 PM EDT:
>>
>>> Hi Michelle,
>>>
>>> We apologize for the confusion regarding the 37-312 cluster.
>>> Unfortunately, due to a coincidental upgrade of the machines in W20,
>>> there is currently a shortage of Windows Athena machines on campus this
>>> week. There are some in the E51-075 cluster, and we hope to have the
>>> W20-575 machines available shortly. If you need a Windows machine before
>>> 37-312 reopens on Friday, E51-075 is probably the best choice.
>>>
>>> We apologize for the inconvenience.
>>>
>>> -Jon
>>>
>>> On Jun 24, 2009, at 6:07 PM, Michelle Kwak wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, there's a sign that this is reserved from Monday to Thursday, but
>>>> hours are
>>>> unspecified.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Reed
>>> Client Support Services
>>> Information Services & Technology
>>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>>> jdreed@mit.edu
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Michelle Kwak
>> MAP Fellow
>> http://web.mit.edu/mitpep/about/
>>
>>
>
