Starting a Computer Co-op? · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday June 12, 2002 @10:29AM from the things-to-know-before-you-begin-an-undertaking dept.

spacechicken asks: "I am studying at a major university in Australia. As is the case with (almost) all educational facilities there are never enough computers available for students. So I (with some friends) are thinking about setting up a computer co-op at (or near) the university. In exchange for membership, members will get a small amount of storage and reduced usage and printing rates. The hope is to not only provide word processing/web surfing (using Linux, Staroffice6.0 and Netscape) but also access to various apps needed for serious academic work (eg CATIA, ProEngineer). We are planning to run standard PCs, with higher end machines if needed. My question is, does anyone have any experience with this type of facility? Any advice?"

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When starting a co-op of any type, by Mordant · 2002-06-12 10:32 · Score: 0, Offtopic

the first rule is to bathe once/week -at the most-, grow a long, scraggly beard (if you're male), refuse to shave your legs and armpits (if you're female), and ensure you've a ready supply of neo-Marxist drivel to spout whenever anyone complains that someone ought to actually -pay- for equipment, access, etc.

Do the above really well, and you may well be mistaken for either RMS or Esther Dyson!