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(Shaken Angel) writes (in part):
> All of this sort of confuses me -- why are we getting disk space for the
> VAX when we're going to be moving to a UNIX platform as early as next
> semester?
 
Two things:
 
(1)  The particular disk space being acquired for MiaVX1 / PO has been
     specifically selected because it can be used with a variety of
     hardware and operating systems, so that should a time come when it
     needs to be used with something other than Digital OpenVMS, that
     can and will happen.
 
(2)  "Moving" may be too strong a term.  Yes, there will likely be a
     centrally supported general access UNIX platform at Miami later
     this academic year, but as yet, there are no plans to "move"
     users to that platform.  Rather, current intentions are to add
     accounts on that system on request, rather than through the
     blanket account generation method currently used on MiamiU,
     MiaVX1 and in Novell Directory Services (NDS), so that individual
     Miami students, faculty and staff who need or want to use
     specific applications hosted there can do so.
 
John
 
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