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To date there have been very few ubicomp systems that have been deployed and evaluated ‘in place’ and over the longer term. Consequently, the issues related to the management and maintenance of such systems remain a very much under explored (but non-the-less critical) area. This paper discusses our experiences managing and maintaining the Hermes system, which provides asynchronous messaging services for users and runs on multiple public display appliances situated outside offices in the computing department of Lancaster University. Hermes has been running 24/7 for over 15 months, and receives regular use by a range of users.
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Fitton, D., Cheverst, K. (2003). Experiences Managing and Maintaining a Collection of Interactive Office Door Displays. In: Aarts, E., Collier, R.W., van Loenen, E., de Ruyter, B. (eds) Ambient Intelligence. EUSAI 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2875. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39863-9_30
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