The entire Anderson community should be converted to Office 2000 by end of summer 2002. The students will be notified in the fall that the upgrade is available. Computer Support Policy update. The Committee had recommended changes to the April 2000 version of the Computer Support Policy to address concerns regarding supporting older equipment and when the support clock starts with the redistribution of equipment. Faculty use of unlicensed software on School servers The Anderson School has a obligation to only support licensed software.
Some faculty install software on a server and tell the students to download and use it.
There may or may not be a legal license. ACIS becomes aware of the existence of this software only because students come to the Student Support Office asking for assistance in installing it, or learning how to use it, or resolving computer problem which have begun to occur after they installed it. The Committee asked the question regarding why faculty might put up software themselves. The Committee felt that the School should make every reasonable effort to support and accommodate any software that will be used for teaching but must not allow software to illegally reside on the School's network. Furthermore, a software fund should be established by the Chairman's office to support the purchase of classroom related software where appropriate.