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Re-purposing a Student Tech Service Group?

Posted by Soulskill on from the quake-3-server-farm dept.

discards writes "I help run a student group at a Canadian University. For almost 15 years we've provided students with services such as web space, email, wireless internet on campus, cvs/svn, database access, mailing lists, etc., all using Linux and FOSS. In recent years, however, we have faced becoming obsolete. The university now provides wireless access, people get their email from other places such as Google, which also provides free svn access, web space, and so forth. Since we have a large amount of decent, usable hardware, as well as space, funding and a very fast internet connection, we are looking to possibly reform instead of just withering away and dying. We would like to ask Slashdot for ideas as to what we could do; preferably something that cultivates student research or provides an otherwise useful service to students, though all ideas are welcome."

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  1. First Post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    nt

  2. The Internet is for Porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNARJPNz2CA

  3. Re:Do something for inner-city youth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "inner city" youth are hip to the bleeding heart white folks. You'll make no inroads and just end up getting ripped off. Just TNB, thats all.

  4. Re:Reconsolidation by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: -1, Troll

    You should know better. Private to cluster computing goes back and forth in time.

    One year, it will be en vogue to run local clusters for all your apps. After contract negotiations and many articles in some business mag, they'll want remote services on Google, Amazon, or other cluster computing platform. Now its the cloud. It was before that the local virtualization cluster.

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