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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello, from Cameron at the University of Alabama!<o:p></o:p></p>
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I’m sorry if I have this mixed up: I believe that, in the
AccessGrid Town Hall meeting Tuesday morning, that I heard about RIT building
out small AccessGrid nodes based on inexpensive desktop computers. I couldn’t
make out the name of the speaker well but I think it may have been you.
The vision was to link several rooms together with standardized units all in a
grid venue. That sounds like something that could be a very good demonstration
of the technology here in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It also sounds like
something that would be fun to observe as the community starts to play with the
technology.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>If you guys are working on something like that – a sort
of standardized design for small nodes – I’d love to be in touch
with the right person to talk about that. This is something I’d like
to replicate here, and would appreciate the chance to collaborate with RIT.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Cameron Purvis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>University of Alabama Office
of Information Technology, Research<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:ckpurvis@ua.edu">ckpurvis@ua.edu</a> (205)
348-4677<o:p></o:p></p>
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