Re: : Semi OT: Academic Firewall Rules

Thanks all for the candid feedback and the trip down memory lane. The
combined experience/mindshare on this community is always impressing
and humbling.

I do appreciate the danger of stifling freedom of expression and
allowing academics the freedom required to conduct research.

I have two concerns with a relaxed and open internet access policy
* exposure to litigation in the event of piracy
* bandwidth consumption.

BTW, is your internet access audited/logged?


On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Mel Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-05-22 at 21:23 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Then one day, the then president had lunch with someone from IBM and
>> suddenly, without any consultation with the committee, we had a new
>> computer system, which apparently was a Steal of a Deal. Ultimately, it
>> turned out (I heard) that the computer needed additional memory and ended
>> up costing much more, but we did get a new computer system.
>
> That was the IBM way.  They sold straight to the people who signed the
> cheques.  I remember a whole benchmark team being recalled from Phoenix
> after the news hit that IBM had already closed the deal.
>
>         Mel.
>
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