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_____________________________ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 Fax: 847-255-1896 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Donating Servers? Guys, did you read the original message? He said the server was beefy. Tells me that it is probably already running 2K3, or is at least capable of it. I understand that schools don't want ancient equipment, but this is supposedly not the case here. I used to work for a school district, I completely understand what can/cannot be accepted. And there was never a statement saying it wasn't servicing his needs. Maybe he's one of the lucky ones that rotate equipment on a regular basis whether it needs it or not. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 1:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Donating Servers? Schools gotta get their business done, too. If it's not servicing your needs, do you honestly think it will service a school's needs? In many cases, there will be many, many more users than the typical small office server serves. If the school district does offer A+ and computer classes I can see it being useful, but if they are doing work, not so much. I had to refuse a donation of a 4 year old server that the local branch office of the electric utility offered to us because it was too old. At the time, all of my servers were just over a year old. Private schools may be more interested in a donation, too. I know many of the private schools around here struggle for equipment. On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: The rural county I live in told me the last time I had server or desktops to donate that unless they were less than a year old they were not interested. Lucky for me the local community college loved the donation. They teach A+ and other computer classes so machines the students can take apart and put together and make work on any OS works for them. If they don't work then they still enjoy them. Jon On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: I've found that many of the school districts around here will not accept any computer donations more than 2 or 3 years old. They are WAY more picky than they were 10 years ago ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -----Original Message----- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 4:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Donating Servers? Technology requirements may be skyrocketing, but the usefulness of ancient hardware is dropping faster than a rock. In a lot of situations anything that's not capable of reasonably running XP or 2003 is useless. If you do give it to a school... make sure you give them the hard drives! Joe Heaton wrote: > Check with your local school district too, especially in these times. > The technology requirements for classrooms is skyrocketing, and > education budgets are getting slashed... -- Phil Brutsche [email protected] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
