Brian H., I completely agree with you. However, The State News has now put
it out there that this may be a solution for faculty and staff too. And
Dr. Gift's quote yesterday only referred to students. Because this project
is being done by an MSU student, many faculty and staff are not going to
make a connection between this project and the official MSU statement in
early November about "avoiding use of online software tools such as Google
Apps, Gmail, and Microsoft Office Live". A statement from Dr. Gift on this
matter or a FAQ I could point users who are interested in switching to
state-mail would indeed be useful.
Brian M., thanks for the unique logins info. Clearly the press articles
are resulting in increased usage of the state-mail system. It will be
interesting to see what the login stats look like a week from now. By
then, we might now if we're looking at a blip, a trend, or a tidal wave.
Bob Kriegel
systems analyst, Dept of Animal Science, MSU
At 10:20 AM 11/28/2007, you wrote:
>Given the nature of the project, it seems clear to me that it is not
>"appropriate for use in official
>MSU communications" as it isn't "official". There are way too many
>questions regarding security and trust like the license for
>google-analytics, the use of NetIDs on a beta site of untested security,
>etc. Personally, I would find it highly inappropriate for staff/faculty
>to ever enter their NetID/password into the site, as it is now.
>
>Brian Hoort
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