Jeff Kell wrote:
>
> Noel Demos wrote:
> > Sletten Kenneth W KPWA wrote:
> > > > Why not the PHOENIX Network Server?
> > > .... because it never actually turned into ashes;  so it can't
> > > really "rise" from them....
>
> Perhaps not in the general case, but as you may recall in Richard's
> and my prior postings, our 3000 was "supposed" to be retired in favor
> of a big nasty Oracle/Unix package that eats dollars and expectations.
> When the project stumbled on the timetable, and our aging 950 and 960
> were dropping peripheral support right and left, we managed to justify
> a replacement, and consolidated onto a 969/120.  And as Richard noted,
> we are now staying with the 3000 for our core requirements since the
> big nasty package couldn't make the cut.  So for the past two years
> we have proudly hosted "phoenix.utc.edu".

And UTC now has an "approved from on high" 3 year plan for enhancements
to the in-house student application, so we've taken to calling the
application software itself "phoenix".

Richard

>
> So I have to support the "phoenix" idea :-)
>
> Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>


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