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Yale Switching To Gmail, Not Without Opposition

Posted by timothy on from the maybe-schools-should-not-be-isps dept.

PwnSnake writes "While it makes sense for small (and large) corporations to move to Gmail, something seems amiss when a top private university decides to hand everything over to Google. Although most in that community seem to welcome the change, several organizations on campus have joined forces to call for a transparent process and get students and faculty thinking about the downsides of the switch. The problem is choice (users can already forward mail to Gmail; it doesn't make sense to force that option and not have a backup or opt-out mail server)."

4 of 439 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Oh Yale, not Yale. by Starayo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So we've lost the... Key to our humour?

    Call a locksmith!

    --
    Ezekiel 23:20
  2. Re:Having gone there... by EyelessFade · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hear, hear

  3. Re:University IT thinks it's 1994 by PietjeJantje · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh, you are out of arguments, so now I'm no longer an ignorant newbie, but I'm weird. Jesus man, get a grip on yourself.

  4. Re:University IT thinks it's 1994 by PietjeJantje · · Score: 0, Redundant

    An inferiority complex would be someone who entered a discussion and can only come up with ad hominem arguments. It's like I'm having a discussion with a 12 year old. Here's a message from your dad: get off the computer, you need to do your homework.