Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven.umd.edu!umd5!lewhoosh.umd.edu!whodges From: whodges@lewhoosh.umd.edu (Wiley Hodges) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT on Campus -- How's NeXT really doing at your school? Message-ID: <8723@umd5.umd.edu> Date: 13 Jun 91 22:43:59 GMT Sender: news@umd5.umd.edu Organization: Computer Science Center, University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 50 Originator: whodges@lewhoosh.umd.edu This was just announced at U. of Maryland today. I thought it might be relevant to this thread: >Date: Thu, 13 Jun 91 13:53:31 EDT >Sender: Electronic Mail Distribution of CSC News >From: Ira Gold >Subject: CSC News: NeXTstations to replace VAXstations in WAM Labs >NeXTstations to replace VAXstations in WAM Labs >Over the summer, the Digital Equipment Corporation VAXstation 2000s in >the CSC, EPSL, Worcester, and Centerville WAM labs will be replaced by >NeXT Computer, Inc. NeXTstations. At the same time, additional >NeXTstations will be installed in the PG2 WAM lab. >The goal of the upgrade, which is taking the form of a complete >replacement of hardware and software at the individual workstation >level, is to provide high-power, highly-integrated, UNIX-based >workstation computing to the campus community. The NeXTstations are >considerably faster than the VAXstations they are replacing and come >bundled with a fair amount of application software. In addition to >NextStep, which provides an integrated multi-media environment, the >NeXTstations will support the X Window System and be capable of running >most of the freely available Berkeley UNIX-based software. The total number of NeXT machines involved in the project is 100. I think that it is significant not just for the 100 machines, but for the confidence which UMD is placing in NeXT. I would add that getting a NeXT at Maryland takes from 3-6 weeks for just about any machine. This figure includes time spent by the Computer Emporium logging in the order (they also only order about once a week from NeXT, so the timing of the order is a factor). Wiley Hodges whodges@wam.umd.edu ------------------------- Disclaimer: Any opinion expressed here is my own. Actually, it may belong to someone else as well, but I speak only for myself. Any information provided is provided as-is, and is not warranted to be accurate, helpful, or even relevant. This is a really long, boring disclaimer. -- Wiley Hodges NeXT Campus Consultant University of Maryland whodges@wam.umd.edu