00100	GOALS FOR COMPUTING
00200	
00300	by John McCarthy
00400	
00500	
00600	1. Advance the computing goals of the academic departments of Stanford.
00700	Thus the Computer Science Department may formulate goals from time to
00800	time that are not part of a goal structure previously formulated by the
00900	Computer Facilities Committee.
01000	
01100	2. Provide a time-shared computer with adequate power for the following:
01200	
01300		a. Provide the gross computer power required without undue
01400	queuing except for those with the most exorbitant demands.
01500	
01600		b. Provide generally available languages and programs to the
01700	Stanford community.
01800	
01900		c. Provide access to nationally available facilities via networking
02000	or directly from consoles.
02100	
02200		d. Support small computers with files, control, assemblers,
02300	and compilers.
02400	
02500		e. Provide support for whatever consoles may be cost effective
02600	at a given time.
02700	
02800		f. Provide console support so that classes can require use of
02900	consoles for computing.  This includes classes in other subjects than
03000	computing.
03100	
03200		g. Make consoles available on campus to whoever wants them at the
03300	lowest technically feasible cost.
03400	
03500		h. Provide disk file space at the lowest technically feasible
03600	cost.  I understand the Computation Center does not do this now.
03700	
03800		i. Provide on-line access by students and faculty to Stanford's
03900	information files with suitable privacy safeguards.  Thus a student should
04000	be able to find out what grades and units have been recorded for him,
04100	but should not be able to find this out for other students.
04200	
04300		j. Library information should be available through the consoles
04400	as soon as technology makes it economic.
04500	
04600		k. There should be an adequate set of public consoles distributed
04700	about campus.  This requires console rooms in convenient locations.
04800	
04900	
05000	CAST MY VOTE AGAINST  THE PURCHASE OF THE 145.