On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 at 05:31AM -0700, Jason Grout wrote: > I don't have any marketing ideas at the moment beyond what has already > been mentioned. However, I do have to say that if there was a > reasonably-priced, pre-configured sage notebook server box from Sun, it > would be *very* tempting (emphasis on the "reasonably-priced" above, > though :). > > Such a box would be very tempting if: > > * you could run multiple notebooks with proper security layers between > themselves and the system. > * it was trivial to upgrade all of the notebooks or just some of them. > * you could also do development on some of the notebooks. > * all (or at least most) optional spkgs worked > * it would be easy for IT to administer the server centrally (e.g., a > rack version, as well as a standalone box version)
Just this morning I was talking to my department head about possibly setting up a "real" Sage server for our campus (i.e., something more than a VM running on the computer in my office) and this sort of product would be great. Right now you need some knowledgeable and tech-inclined people and a department head who is very understanding and/or trusting; with a "Sage in a box" machine, it would be easier to for people with skeptical IT staff or department heads to get a nice server setup. Dan -- --- Dan Drake <dr...@kaist.edu> ----- KAIST Department of Mathematical Sciences ------- http://mathsci.kaist.ac.kr/~drake
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