At 7:39 pm -0500 12/3/02, Seth Dillingham wrote:
> >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?

It's Scottish vernacular for an 'off-the-shelf' 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!

I should hope so too B-)

>
>>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?

I did. I just don't like to make presumptions. I've got into hot
water before now by 'pre-announcing' the availability of things ;-)

>
>>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.

That's a very interesting rumor. Very interesting indeed! I look
forward to the public proof if its existence. Hopefully in time to
kick this pilot off. <g>

Cheers,

Duncan