Article about Seattle schools still running a VAX

[John Robertson]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 26 Feb 2008 at 12:52, Alan Perry wrote:
>
>   
>> The Seattle Times is running an article about how the Seattle School 
>> District is still using a VAX to do school assignments.
>>
>> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2004203746_enrollment26m.html
>>     
>
> "To keep tweaking the VAXes, district staff warned last week, is 
> risky and a waste of time. To replace them, however, likely comes 
> with a cost that made School Board members cringe: a delay of about a 
> year in putting the new assignment plan into action."
>
> Surely, emulation is an option...and probably cost-effective.
>
> Cheers,
> Chuck
>
>   
This might be a great proposal (a VAX Emulation system) for someone to 
present to the Seattle School board. Seems that the talent is here in 
this group, and someone who is a professional could do a nice job. 
Certainly the cost to replace the system could be horrendous, and school 
boards rarely have a lot of spare cash...can someone push VAX into the 
21st century and beyond?

John :-#)#