Thank you very much for this succinct recap, Esther.

Kim Geiger


>>> On 4/24/2009 at 11:11 AM, "Esther V. V. Reed" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> For faculty/ staff, the issues were security (not guaranteed), privacy
> (not guaranteed), FERPA (thus violated), management (MSU folks could not
> do anything), backups (not guaranteed) and ownership (everything is
> Google's).  The big catch was Google's license essentially stated it
> owned anything sent through its servers and could publish anything
> however it wanted -- MSU would essentially be giving away ownership of
> research material, and broadcasting material that is federally mandated
> to be protected.  MSU and Google are still working on these terms.
> 
> The rule of thumb for anything Google (or any other non-MSU email /
> application system) is only send or store things that you don't care if
> they show up on the front page of CNN.  Nothing private, confidential,
> sensitive or protected should go there.
> 
> Hope that helps!
> 
>  ~ Esther
>  
> Esther V. V. Reed
> IT Systems Administrator
> MSU Graduate School
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Kim Geiger
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:57 AM
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> Subject: [MSUNAG] Google Mail
> 
> Can somebody refresh my memory on why we decided not to move student
> and/or faculty staff email accounts to Gmail under Google's education
> offering?
> 
> Somebody asked me, but I have only the vaguest recollection.  Thanks.