Dear CAC, I'm in full agreement with your position. -Rich Rotunno

Jay Miller writes:
>
> MEMO TO: Rich Rotunno, Assistant Director
> FROM: The Computing Advisory Committee
> SUBJECT: Concerns about the CiNA project and its
> relationship to the MMM desktop upgrade plan
>
> The Computing Advisory Committee met on April 25, 2000. Part of that
> meeting was devoted to a discussion of how the latest developments with
> the CiNA project might impact the MMM desktop computing plan for the
> systematic upgrade of older machines. The CAC agrees that the CiNA
> computers are suitable alternates to any new desktop systems that may
> be purchased as part of the approved desktop computing plan. However,
> the CAC asks that due consideration be given to separating the purchase
> of the classroom machines from those which are currently on individual
> desktops.
>
> We are concerned that if the purchase of the classroom and desktop machines
> is bundled together, then this may jeopardize the long-term goals of the
> MMM desktop computing plan and the budget proposed for this plan. The
> CAC never planned for anything more than a systematic upgrade to desktop
> machines, including those CiNA machines that are now on desktops. The plan
> called for replacing those machines in the next fiscal year, but we did not
> plan for purchasing the classroom machines nor replacing them.
>
> The CAC further understands that any CiNA-related desktop machines that are
> purchased as replacements for existing desktop machines will then be put at
> the bottom of the queue as far as any future replacement. The age of these
> machines would be set to the date of purchase by MMM rather than the date
> (about 18 months ago) of entry into the MMM desktop computing environment.
> This would ensure that these machines do not come up in the next cycle
> of the long term desktop upgrade plan some 18 months or so earlier than
> anticipated.
>
> Respectfully,
> The Computing Advisory Committee
> Jay Miller, Chair
>