Subject: Naomi's Top Ten List
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 16:14:04 EST
From: "Naomi B. Schmidt"
Here is Naomi's Top Ten Reasons for an item to be on the Release
Request List. They are in no particular order. If there are any that
I have left out, please add them. (Don't worry about going above 10.)
I believe that we need to come to a first order consensus on their
relative priority:
- (1). It makes our general use cluster machines more maintainable
and secure.
- (2). It adds general functionality (ease of use, ability to get
common tasks done) that will benefit the average user.
- (3). It is required for us to run a needed third party software
package.
- (4). It fixes something that doesn't work (i.e. a bug fix).
- (5). It enables us to purchase hardware from one of our major
vendors.
- (6). It moves us closer to compatibility with the operating
systems and file systems of the marketplace. (Related to #5, possibly
can be combined with it.)
- (7). It will make it easier for us to do system software
maintenance, releases, upgrades, etc, in the future.
- (8). It enables the average faculty member or TA to use Athena
more easily in the pursuit of instruction (courseware, OLTA, etc) and
thus encourages more effective use of our infrastructure.
- (9). It is requested by a particular faculty member or small group
of faculty members for a particular purpose.
- (10). It enables departments to leverage the hardware that ACS
grants so as to reach more people, particularly graduate students.
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