Athena, Andrew and Stanford: a look at implementation and evaluation in three large projects

Abstract Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University have both embarked on enormous projects designed to implement workstation environments for use in academic endeavours. Project Athena at MIT is a network designed to service teaching and learning only, while the Andrew network at CMU is to service both teaching and research. Stanford University's computer-intensive environment for teaching and learning owes no allegiance to either the Athena or the Andrew model. The environments at these three universities are summarized and placed in context.