sambo@ukma.UUCP (Father of micro-ln) (09/25/85)
There is a brand-new Christian liberal arts university in Bolivia (the first
of its kind in Latin America) that is wanting to get into computers - both
for administrative and educational purposes. They presently have about 500
students, and they will be graduating their first students this year. They
have about 2000 books in their library at the moment, all of which need
cataloging, hopefully electronically. They have contacted IBM about donating
some equipment to them, with the agreement that they will host some classes
for some of the businessmen in the area, and perhaps even become a distributor
for their computers. Bolivia seems to be a new market for IBM. I would kind
of hate for them to go the IBM route. Somehow I just don't like IBM equipment
as much as some other companies' equipment. Alas, I am hard-pressed to suggest
what other company to approach. It should be a company that has both micros
and minis. I suggested AT&T, though I am concerned about the reliability of
AT&T machines. I have three questions:
1) Is IBM the only way to go here?
2) Are my fears about AT&T still applicable, or has AT&T improved in this
respect?
3) Are there any other companies that are worth approaching?
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Samuel A. Figueroa, Dept. of CS, Univ. of KY, Lexington, KY 40506-0027
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or even anlams!ukma!sambo@ucbvax.arpa
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or cbosgd!ukma!sambo
"Micro-ln is great, if only people would start using it."