On 3/12/02, Duncan Smeed said:

>If the school is seriously considering setting up its own
>infrastructure then a server is probably a good investment. A bog
>standard PC

What is a "bog standard" PC?

>should suffice for the moment. We'll need to consider what
>features are needed from the software. I really like Conversant

Excellent, so do I!

>and it looks like it could be made available for such a pilot.

I think its upcoming public release was announced on a mailing list last month, or the month before. Did you see something about that, too?

>If we went that route we'd need to purchase an academic license
>for Frontier - $299.

I've heard rumors that Conversant will run on much less expensive software than Frontier. There's no public proof of this yet, but that's the rumor.

Seth