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Re: [Kakapo] with folks out, shall we cancel Kakapo tomorrow?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Wed Aug 4 16:13:16 2004
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From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@mit.edu>
To: Chad Dupuis <dupuis@mit.edu>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 04 Aug 2004 08:45:09 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 16:11:29 -0400
cc: kakapo@mit.edu
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> We don't need to meet, but - yes - we do need to discuss the student
> group request. Until we have a more defined structure regarding
> support, software fees, etc. I am leaning towards declining opening
> this up to student groups. Additionally, there are still ongoing,
> unresolved negotiations with DITR regarding athena DLC's which this
> would most likely fall under if we reach a decision in this matter.
> For now, I would be ok with them having a container with machines
> joined to the domain and have them install software on their own, but I
> really don't have the cycles to begin supporting machines in student
> groups. Once the RCC is trained in such matters, I would feel much
> better helping them (and others) get started so long as they could
> provide some backup support. Just my 2 cents....
For what it's worth, I beleive there is already at least one other
living group (Sidney Pacific) that has a container (possibly created
with the explicit notation that they shouldn't expect support.)
Jonathon
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