Another reason why some vendors are willing to sell stuff at reduced prices to universities is for visibility. The thinking is that when grad students (finally) graduate and go off into industry, they'll want to buy the same stuff they used when they were students. I'm not sure how valid this approach is, but I don't argue with it.
As the #1 public university in many (most?) scientific fields, UC Berkeley gets approached with all kinds of deals. During the boom times we sometimes had to turn down such deals because we simply didn't have the space and/or the people to allow us to accept the equipment. Things are different now, but space and people are still more expensive than most equipment. Cordially, -- Jon Forrest Research Computing Support College of Chemistry 173 Tan Hall University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-1460 510-643-1032 jlforr...@berkeley.edu _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
