My organization didn't get the printer contract renewed in time.
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@andybrwn I guess to save money you have to spend money?
️@douglasvb @andybrwn the modern CFO mindset.
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My organization didn't get the printer contract renewed in time. Tomorrow no one can print or scan. At a several thousand person organization.
This is hilarious and it is going to be absolutely chaotic.
@douglasvb Tell me you work at a university without telling me that you work at a university.
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@douglasvb Tell me you work at a university without telling me that you work at a university.
@AnastasiaE
it's even better than that... A university run by the federal government. ... Y'all got any faculty positions for systems engineering professors up your way?
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My organization didn't get the printer contract renewed in time. Tomorrow no one can print or scan. At a several thousand person organization.
This is hilarious and it is going to be absolutely chaotic.
@douglasvb sounds like carbon paper it about to become very important again...
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@AnastasiaE
it's even better than that... A university run by the federal government. ... Y'all got any faculty positions for systems engineering professors up your way?
@douglasvb well, first you should know that rather than renew it's contract with a major pdf software provider, my organization advised its thousands of employees to each just purchase their own license as needed
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@douglasvb sounds like carbon paper it about to become very important again...
@Lstn2urmama I've gotta find where the old mimeograph machine graveyard is so I can get one up and running again
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@Lstn2urmama I've gotta find where the old mimeograph machine graveyard is so I can get one up and running again
@douglasvb I thought about that one as well .. at very least you can get high when doing the work 🥰
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@douglasvb well, first you should know that rather than renew it's contract with a major pdf software provider, my organization advised its thousands of employees to each just purchase their own license as needed
@AnastasiaE wow that's wild!
We're prohibited from installing anything. So a few years ago we all lost PDF software for several months because the contract wasn't renewed in time. And we're currently losing a major digital storage platform which is not great. They won't let us pay for individual licenses for that, either. Even from research funds.
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@douglasvb I thought about that one as well .. at very least you can get high when doing the work 🥰
@Lstn2urmama hahahaha I did not spend enough time in copy rooms back in the day because I can't remember that happening
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@Lstn2urmama hahahaha I did not spend enough time in copy rooms back in the day because I can't remember that happening
@douglasvb we all were hoping to be selected to do that job...
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@AnastasiaE wow that's wild!
We're prohibited from installing anything. So a few years ago we all lost PDF software for several months because the contract wasn't renewed in time. And we're currently losing a major digital storage platform which is not great. They won't let us pay for individual licenses for that, either. Even from research funds.
@douglasvb Oh yeah, we went through the digital storage fiasco as well when the provider changed their fee model. Our institution wanted to go to a plan with 30 GB per person storage. We also begged to be able to pay for additional storage individually to no avail. In the end they are least signed us up for a slightly better plan.
