This is true. The underlying technology should be taken into account, rather than just the name used to describe it. Unix is a generic term now, and trying to sue people over a name that describes a large and diverse base of technology is just silly.
My University holds a LAN party of this scale a few times a year. I think the main things are plenty of refreshments (ours is held in a building with a bar), somewhere for people sleep (if they're going to be staying overnight) and some heavy duty UPS. Our University supplies us with some small generators to keep things running.
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This is true. The underlying technology should be taken into account, rather than just the name used to describe it. Unix is a generic term now, and trying to sue people over a name that describes a large and diverse base of technology is just silly.
My University holds a LAN party of this scale a few times a year. I think the main things are plenty of refreshments (ours is held in a building with a bar), somewhere for people sleep (if they're going to be staying overnight) and some heavy duty UPS. Our University supplies us with some small generators to keep things running.
One essential thing. Loads of coffee or caffeine laden cola
People have even started using txt shorthand for school essays, as shown by this case from England earlier this year.