In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (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 -- Miami University John B Harlan Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS) Coordinator Client Services Miami Computing & Information Services (MCIS) 201 Gaskill Hall Oxford, Ohio 45056-0000 (513) 529-5330 voice (513) 529-3052 fax [log in to unmask] http://www.muohio.edu/coorcwis/