Core services discussion

• CSS leaders had come up with unified definitions of what the core services are
• As a next step we need to figure out "How are we doing it today?"
• "Athena" is a core service
• What common language can we use to describe the facets of Athena?
• Example: We are using _ to provide _ to _.

• Alex's thoughts:
  • Commercial software
    • Software applications we pay for
    • Commercial things free to MIT (donations) that we make available
    • Site licenses we've acquired by virtuate of other departments who paid for it
  • Free software
    • Things that live in AFS lockers because they are not available as packages or only work out of a locker
    • Ubuntu packages
  • Documentation
    • On-line manuals
    • Links to reference materials
    • Training materials
  • Infrastructure
    • License servers (Athena)
    • General software support
  • Software wrapper

Jon Hunt's list:

• Providing public computing space, utilizing Ubuntu linux on desktop PCs maintained by FSX team
• File storage utilizing AFS lockers maintained by AFS
• Printing to cluster and dorm printers using central print servers maintained by Ops
• Access to numerous commercial and open source software packages using AFS, license servers, and Ubuntu packages
• Electronic classrooms using standard Athena configurations
• Remote access to computing resources using dialup servers maintained by OIS
• Software distribution platform to other departments
• Easy method to install Ubuntu machine with easy access to MIT resources and student software stack
• Standardized environment faculty can use to assign problem sets

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