[ome-users] Insitutional Resources for OMERO

[glaurie at virginia.edu]

I would appreciate comments on the level of institutional resources 
required to maintain OMERO.

I am trying to convince folks here at the University of Virginia that 
OMERO is worthwhile and would be much appreciated.  Below are some 
Emails from our IT people who have been checking out OMERO.

Gordon.



Gordon,
>       I reviewed some of the information at the Harvard site.  I am
>more concerned now than before.  It looks like they installed the
>product around March 05 and have dedicated resources to the product
>support since then.  If you wish for us to continue to look into the
>possibility of installing this product then I need to be able to
>assign one of my staff to the project to do an investigation.  It is
>certainly a powerful product and I am sure it would benefit you in
>your work, but it appears to be a complex application and could be
>very expensive to setup and support.  Funding for all hardware and
>software support to get this application in and running, as well as,
>future support costs would have to come from your area annually so I
>suggest we really understand the future cost potential.
>
>Thanks.
>Lindsay

Hi Gordon,
>>>          At this point, I would recommend the following actions:
>>>.  I can assign one of the DAD Group consultants to investigate the
>>>unix version of this product and determine how stable and reliable
>>>the product is.  (The cost to you for a consultant assigned to the
>>>project would be $84 an hour).
>>>
>>>.  If the feedback from the consultant's investigation is positive.
>>>The product is stable, reliable and support is not a major issue
>>>then we would be able to start discussions on hardware.
>>>
>>>I will for your reply prior to taking any actions.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Lindsay

-- 
Gordon W. Laurie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Director, UVa Biotechnology Training Program
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