Comments on: EC3 at the University of York http://alex.mullr.net/blog/2010/02/ec3-at-the-university-of-york/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:34:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Alex Muller http://alex.mullr.net/blog/2010/02/ec3-at-the-university-of-york/#comment-9627 Alex Muller Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:48:25 +0000 http://alex.mullr.net/blog/?p=608#comment-9627 Farhan: changing my email provider to Google with this domain was as simple as changing a few DNS records. I’m not sure how it’d be for the uni though… Chris & Tim: True; I hope they’ll be investigating (somewhat short-term!) decent webmail software now. While you could use decent webmail software, moving to Google Apps or Microsoft Live@Edu would remove the need for that, while providing other benefits (and problems, of course). Farhan: changing my email provider to Google with this domain was as simple as changing a few DNS records. I’m not sure how it’d be for the uni though…

Chris & Tim: True; I hope they’ll be investigating (somewhat short-term!) decent webmail software now. While you could use decent webmail software, moving to Google Apps or Microsoft Live@Edu would remove the need for that, while providing other benefits (and problems, of course).

]]> By: Tim http://alex.mullr.net/blog/2010/02/ec3-at-the-university-of-york/#comment-9625 Tim Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:04:21 +0000 http://alex.mullr.net/blog/?p=608#comment-9625 yeah, apparently the next project is to "evaluate a range of new or upgraded systems to be hosted internally", according to that <a href="http://www.york.ac.uk/services/cserv/offdocs/projects.yrk/ec3/" rel="nofollow">EC3 page</a>. You just know they'll get it finished for next september when it won't affect me. yeah, apparently the next project is to “evaluate a range of new or upgraded systems to be hosted internally”, according to that EC3 page. You just know they’ll get it finished for next september when it won’t affect me.

]]> By: Chris N http://alex.mullr.net/blog/2010/02/ec3-at-the-university-of-york/#comment-9621 Chris N Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:41:55 +0000 http://alex.mullr.net/blog/?p=608#comment-9621 I think you're making two issues which are very different the same. There is decent webmail software, the University just doesn't use it (but are presumably now looking into upgrading), and you can get that without necessarily having off-site e-mail. I think you’re making two issues which are very different the same. There is decent webmail software, the University just doesn’t use it (but are presumably now looking into upgrading), and you can get that without necessarily having off-site e-mail.

]]> By: Farhan Mannan http://alex.mullr.net/blog/2010/02/ec3-at-the-university-of-york/#comment-9619 Farhan Mannan Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:04:16 +0000 http://alex.mullr.net/blog/?p=608#comment-9619 Is moving something to the cloud a front-end thing or a back-end thing? I've been reading up on/learning Erlang and a lot of its applications seem to be massively concurrent apps like IM, email, online databases etc. but with the traditional (?) client-server model Is moving something to the cloud a front-end thing or a back-end thing? I’ve been reading up on/learning Erlang and a lot of its applications seem to be massively concurrent apps like IM, email, online databases etc. but with the traditional (?) client-server model

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