<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI, update on attempts to gain Sloan support for Macs.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- John<BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>________________</DIV><DIV>John Harthorne</DIV><DIV>MBA Candidate, Class of 2007</DIV><DIV>MIT Sloan School of Management</DIV><DIV>Cell: 617.894.3425</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:jharthorne@sloan.mit.edu">jharthorne@sloan.mit.edu</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">John Harthorne <<A href="mailto:jharthorne@sloan.mit.edu">jharthorne@sloan.mit.edu</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 5, 2006 2:31:40 PM EDT</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"<A href="mailto:doucette@mit.edu">doucette@mit.edu</A>" <<A href="mailto:doucette@MIT.EDU">doucette@MIT.EDU</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Cc: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"<A href="mailto:studentsupport@sloan.mit.edu">studentsupport@sloan.mit.edu</A>" <<A href="mailto:studentsupport@sloan.mit.edu">studentsupport@sloan.mit.edu</A>>, "<A href="mailto:chammond@sloan.mit.edu">chammond@sloan.mit.edu</A>" <<A href="mailto:chammond@sloan.mit.edu">chammond@sloan.mit.edu</A>>, "<A href="mailto:adaniel@sloan.mit.edu">adaniel@sloan.mit.edu</A>" <<A href="mailto:adaniel@sloan.mit.edu">adaniel@sloan.mit.edu</A>>, "<A href="mailto:sascha@sloan.mit.edu">sascha@sloan.mit.edu</A>" <<A href="mailto:sascha@sloan.mit.edu">sascha@sloan.mit.edu</A>>, "<A href="mailto:anzolah@sloan.mit.edu">anzolah@sloan.mit.edu</A>" <<A href="mailto:anzolah@sloan.mit.edu">anzolah@sloan.mit.edu</A>>, "<A href="mailto:kurt.campbell@sloan.mit.edu">kurt.campbell@sloan.mit.edu</A>" <<A href="mailto:kurt.campbell@sloan.mit.edu">kurt.campbell@sloan.mit.edu</A>>, "<A href="mailto:rpremo@sloan.mit.edu">rpremo@sloan.mit.edu</A>" <<A href="mailto:rpremo@sloan.mit.edu">rpremo@sloan.mit.edu</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><B>Re: Enabling Mac support for Pcounter</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> Mr. Doucette:<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thank you.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Student IT Senate:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I strongly encourage you to introduce Mac support moving forward. There are a significant number of mac users on campus despite the lack of support, and you can bet this number will only increase moving forward. We have initiated a self-support group via the mailing list "macinsloan". Together, we have solved all IT-related issues, except printing. If you adopt mac support, our mailing list content can feed sloan's documentation on mac support. As for printing, the print servers no longer support IP printing, because of the P-Counter system. P-Counter does, in fact, support macintosh printing, but our servers are not configured to enable this feature. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Essentially, Sloan is very, very close to being able to offer full mac compatibility. As far as I know, we are the only MIT school that does not support macs. Personally, I find the lack of mac support both functionally frustrating and philosophically absurd -- historically, MIT has been one of the world's biggest contributors to Unix, the open source movement, and computing interoperability. Now, when Apple is producing a world-class and elegant operating system based on an open-source kernel and Microsoft is adrift in a sea of seeming-incompetence and anti-trust suits, we are only supporting Windoze?!? Arrggghh. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Anyway, ranting aside, please consider this a serious request for mac support. It is not difficult, and it is the "right thing to do". I will be more than happy to assist in any way possible. Please see the attached PDF for more information on how to configure the print servers to enable mac support. I would be happy to provide further data on how to mount shared volumes and other setup details as necessary.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>FYI, I will forward this email to the macinsloan mailing list for the benefit of transparency. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>John Harthorne</DIV><DIV><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>________________</DIV><DIV>John Harthorne</DIV><DIV>MBA Candidate, Class of 2007</DIV><DIV>MIT Sloan School of Management</DIV><DIV>Cell: 617.894.3425</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:jharthorne@sloan.mit.edu">jharthorne@sloan.mit.edu</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>