Please ignore the part I wrote about SRN and Windows.  In truth I do not
know what their plans are in that regard.  I simply know that should they
make a decision to do such a thing, their porting tools will allow them to
get their.  What I wrote previously might imply that I'm privy to their
plans.  I'm definately not aware of what their platform plans are other than
those that have been implemented to date.

Charles Finley
Transformix Computer Corporation
760-439-3146
Fax 760-439-3146

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Gambrell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 1:23 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc: [log in to unmask]; Wayne Holt; James Bennett
> [[log in to unmask]]
> Subject: Re: Academic Information Systems - colleges and universities
>
>
>
>
> Charles Finley wrote:
> >
> > Richard Gambrell wrote:
> > >
> > > After the HP announcement this coming Wednesday, any colleges
> > > and universities interested in working together to design and
> > > implement a high quality, Internet/Web inspired customizable, modular,
> > > Academic Information System for Higher Education, please contact me.
> > > If there is sufficient interest and support, we'll put together a
> > > mailing list and start planning.
> > >
> > I believe that IRIS from Software Research Northwest http://www.srn.com/
> > already runs on a number of different UNIX platforms as well as
> MPE.  It has
> > been Web enabled for years.
>
> Thanks. I am aware of SRN and IRIS and have admired the web interface
> and it's apparent customizability.  I appreciate the reference.
>
> UTC has a good many custom applications. Some could use to be replaced,
> but some are very popular and we would want to preserve using them
> in some reasonable fashion.  There are a good many in the middle some
> where, but that could use to be rewritten.
>
> My message to HP3000-l was intended to find what level of interest
> there is in co-developing academic information systems and the
> general interest in customized development.  I plan to use this
> information to help UTC plan the future of it's applications.
>
> We've been burned already by a failed attempt to migrate to SCT Banner
> and are (were) more or less comfortable continuing with custom
> development on
> the 3000.
>
> Richard
>
> >
> > Charles Finley
> > Transformix Computer Corporation
> > 760-439-3146
> > Fax 760-439-3146
>
> --
> Richard L Gambrell, Senior Information Technology Consultant and
> Director of Computing Systems and Networks
> Information Technology Division, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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