Thanks for the info.
Did a little digging. Seems no one’s been able to find a way to find a IRS-friendly way to deduct the costs. Pity.
I’m going to make a case for it. However, my company is a member-supported organization - a C-corp that operates as a not-for-profit. So we, as employees/staff are really operating this equipment on behalf of thousands of members.
Makes it a little dicey to donate equipment that others technically collectively own, especially since there’s always the possibility of adverse effects (although it looks like Stanford’s done a good job of mitigating those).
Without the financial incentive, it’ll probably have to go through the board as an entirely altruistic option. If there’s a way to schedule the program, I may have an easier case - I’d turn it off during business hours and then back on during slow times so there was no possibility of interference.
Perhaps if we can wrap it in a little PR campaign, we’d have an easier time of it.
I have not used this in a while, but I am pretty sure you can set it to only run between certain hours.
Also, it will automatically turn off if CPU usage is required for other operations. It has the lowest priority.
I never noticed an issue with Folding interfering with normal computer use.
You could easily write a script that will turn it on and off at scheduled times, whether you install it as a service or as an app.