--- Forwarded Message from Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 13:36:52 -0500 (EST)
>From: Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6506 Real Server or Windows Server
>In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>

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Hi,
We have a Real server, and we distribute video on it through Blackboard,
so that takes care of restricting the access to enrolled students.
It's reliable and easy to use, and we've had no problems with it. However,
my sense is -- and check w/ Otmar or others to confirm -- that you could do it
more cheaply w/ a non-proprietary system.
Ed

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, LLTI-Editor wrote:

> --- Forwarded Message from Ute Lahaie <[log in to unmask]> ---
>
> >Date:         Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:55:16 -0500
> >From: Ute Lahaie <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject:      Real Server or Windows Server
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >cc: Ute Lahaie <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have submitted a proposal to upgrade our present video file server and
> received the recommendation from our IT people to switch to RealServer or
> the Windows Media server instead. Does anybody use RealServer of the
> Windows Media server to stream their digitized videos to  either IP
> restricted computers (i.e. the lab) or campus-wide? What are your
> experiences with that? I am particularly interested in the issues of
> reliability, ease of use, overall costs (to include license fees for the
> server and the videos).
> Thanks,
>
> Ute
>


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Edmund N. Dente
Director, Language Media Center    Ph: 617-627-3036
Tufts University                   [log in to unmask]
Medford, MA 02155