1) If you're setting up a newsroom Internet server, don't try to do it overnight. This stuff still isn't easy. Make sure you have a Unix guru in-house. 2) Expect problems. One of Murphy's laws is that Murphy attends all live demonstrations, something we proved at CAR-Trek. 3) Look at new systems from Internet-savvy vendors such as Sun Microsystems Sun's Netra, in particular - if you're planning to bring the Internet into your building. Netra is billed as a server that makes it easy to connect PC and Mac clients.
Although we were somewhat constrained by losing the Mac-based Gopher and Mosaic, we still were able to offer some solid Net instruction. We used the telnet capabilities of the server to log onto other computers in other cities, where we could run the Unix Gopher software on those remote systems. That alone demonstrated a vital feature of the Internet.