From jharthorne at sloan.mit.edu Wed Apr 5 14:32:48 2006 From: jharthorne at sloan.mit.edu (John Harthorne) Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:32:48 -0400 Subject: [Macinsloan] Fwd: Enabling Mac support for Pcounter References: Message-ID: FYI, update on attempts to gain Sloan support for Macs. - John ________________ John Harthorne MBA Candidate, Class of 2007 MIT Sloan School of Management Cell: 617.894.3425 jharthorne at sloan.mit.edu Begin forwarded message: > From: John Harthorne > Date: April 5, 2006 2:31:40 PM EDT > To: "doucette at mit.edu" > Cc: "studentsupport at sloan.mit.edu" , > "chammond at sloan.mit.edu" , > "adaniel at sloan.mit.edu" , > "sascha at sloan.mit.edu" , > "anzolah at sloan.mit.edu" , > "kurt.campbell at sloan.mit.edu" , > "rpremo at sloan.mit.edu" > Subject: Re: Enabling Mac support for Pcounter > > Mr. Doucette: > > Thank you. > > Student IT Senate: > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > FYI, I will forward this email to the macinsloan mailing list for > the benefit of transparency. > > Thanks, > > John Harthorne > ________________ > John Harthorne > MBA Candidate, Class of 2007 > MIT Sloan School of Management > Cell: 617.894.3425 > jharthorne at sloan.mit.edu > ? > > On Apr 3, 2006, at 5:31 PM, Armand Doucette wrote: > >> John, >> >> >> >> Please accept my apologies for you not receiving a response from >> STS. I can tell you that there have been a number of recent >> discussions around this topic and the more general subject of >> Macintosh support. STS is in the process of upgrading the >> Pcounter software so we?ll see what that brings in the way of a >> workable solution for Mac users, one that we can support. >> >> >> >> Please understand that it is not feasible for us to put forth a >> service offering that places students in a primary/sole support >> role. Like all Sloan students, your time here is short and while >> you are enthused and engaged enough to make such an offer (to >> ?act as the conduit for information to the mac community?), I >> can?t count on that arrangement long-term. So on this and the >> larger question of support for Macs, I?ll ask that you work with >> the Student IT Senate to move this along. I?ve had an initial >> conversation with them on this subject so they are at least >> familiar with your request. >> >> >> >> Armand >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> Armand Doucette >> Executive Director, Sloan Technology Services >> MIT Sloan School of Management >> 50 Memorial Drive, E52-024 >> Cambridge, MA 02142 >> >> (617) 253-0827 >> doucette at mit.edu >> >> >> From: John Harthorne [mailto:jharthorne at sloan.mit.edu] >> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 1:57 PM >> To: Doucette Armand >> Subject: Re: Enabling Mac support for Pcounter >> >> >> >> Mr. Doucette: >> >> >> >> Have you considered my prior email about enabling support for mac >> printing? >> >> It has now been four months since my first email to Student >> Support, and I have not received any response at all. >> >> >> >> - John >> >> ________________ >> >> John Harthorne >> >> MBA Candidate, Class of 2007 >> >> MIT Sloan School of Management >> >> Cell: 617.894.3425 >> >> jharthorne at sloan.mit.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 8, 2006, at 6:45 PM, John Harthorne wrote: >> >> >> >> >> Mr. Doucette: >> >> >> >> I realize that Sloan does not officially support Macs. I am >> writing to urge you to reconsider that policy, and specifically to >> update the print servers to enable mac users to print using >> Pcounter. The required changes are relatively simple; see the >> email below and the attachment for further details. >> >> >> >> Macs are increasingly common ... at least 5% of the Sloan students >> are using mac computers right now, probably closer to 10%. >> Currently, we are unable to make full use of the computing >> infrastructure due to policies that do not reflect the relative >> ease of cross-platform compatibility. It is my understanding, for >> instance, that Sloan is the only MIT school that does not support >> macs (or unix). >> >> >> >> At the beginning of the year, a group of us formed a mailing list >> and solved every single incompatibility issue with the Sloan >> network, including printing. Since then, however, changes to the >> print server have rendered us unable to print. That is why I >> researched Pcounter and determined that it does, in fact, support >> printing via mac computers. Please read through the email I sent >> to student support in November (below), and examine the attachment >> for information on how to enable mac printing via Pcounter. As I >> indicate in my email, I am more than happy to act as the conduit >> for information to the mac community, and can help with >> troubleshooting and setup if desired. I was formerly a technology >> consultant (@stake and Symantec), and I am very facile with mac/ >> windows integration. >> >> >> >> Thank you very much, >> >> >> >> John Harthorne >> >> ________________ >> >> John Harthorne >> >> MBA Candidate, Class of 2007 >> >> MIT Sloan School of Management >> >> Cell: 617.894.3425 >> >> jharthorne at sloan.mit.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> >> >> >> From: John Harthorne >> >> Date: November 29, 2005 5:27:09 PM EST >> >> To: StudentSupport at sloan.mit.edu >> >> Subject: Enabling Mac support for Pcounter >> >> >> >> Dear support staff: >> >> >> >> I am writing to request that STS reconfigure Pcounter to enable >> printing by Mac users at Sloan. >> >> >> >> I understand that STS doesn't officially support mac users. In an >> attempt to minimize the intrusion of mac-user related support >> questions, we created an ad hoc mailman list to self-support and >> help each other achieve the perfect configuration (macinsloan). By >> collaborating with each other, we were able to solve all possible >> issues, and had become entirely self-sufficient ... until >> recently. Recent changes to the printers have rendered it >> impossible for us to print on anything but the Athena printers in >> the basement. >> >> >> >> We fully recognize the need for STS to ensure that students pay >> for the use of printers, and therefore understand the motivation >> behind these recent configuration changes. In fact, we have done >> some research and have determined that it is actually possible to >> configure Pcounter to allow printing by mac users while ensuring >> that printing is tracked and billed accordingly. It should not >> require significant time investment by STS to enable this >> configuration, and should not affect other users in any way >> whatsoever. >> >> >> >> I have attached a PDF file clarifying how this works, and I would >> greatly appreciate it if you would review the document and >> consider applying the appropriate configuration. I will be happy >> to take responsibility for clarifying the system to mac users (via >> macinsloan), and will be happy to be the point person for any and >> all questions they may have. Also, if you need someone to test the >> configuration, I am happy to be the guinea pig. >> >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> >> >> John Harthorne >> >> Macinsloan Moderator >> >> >> >> P.S. I originally found the PDF file here: >> >> http://www.andtechnologies.com/support/Mac-Windows-install.pdf >> >> >> >> ________________ >> >> John Harthorne >> >> MBA Candidate, Class of 2007 >> >> MIT Sloan School of Management >> >> Cell: 617.894.3425 >> >> jharthorne at sloan.mit.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/macinsloan/attachments/20060405/3c1c4a26/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Mac-Windows-install.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 248229 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/macinsloan/attachments/20060405/3c1c4a26/attachment.pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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