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What is going on with the new proposed email system for Mac? is it going to happen?

 
Old 07-20-2011 at 10:26 AM   #1
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What is going on with the new proposed email system for Mac? is it going to happen?
What is going on with the new proposed email system for Mac? is it going to happen?
Old 07-20-2011 at 10:28 AM   #2
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Probably not in our lifetime.

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Old 07-20-2011 at 10:29 AM   #3
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Not anytime soon. Apparently they are trying to come to terms with Google to keep the privacy off all students or something.
Old 07-20-2011 at 10:35 AM   #4
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You know, the email situation is not even that bad. If they replace MUGSI and SOLAR I would be more than satisfied.

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Old 07-20-2011 at 10:36 AM   #5
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Everyone would be satisfied, probably even happy.
Old 07-20-2011 at 12:09 PM   #6
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It's not a top priority on anyone's list of things to do. It's been months. How many hours do you think have been put into this?

Say there were TWO people battling this out for the past 6 months. 40 hour work weeks, round down to 4 work weeks a month. 6mths*4weeks*40hours* 2people=1920 hours . Several software engineers could have developed their OWN e-mail system in that amount of time. %$#@ off to whoever expects us to believe this is being worked on with any sort of urgency.

I posted this before, but if it was part of my election campaign, and I was being paid for my position, I'd spend 1 week making very insistent phone calls, and I'd take it upon myself to mediate this thing. As an elected voice of >20,000 students, those in charge of making this happen have a lot more power than they think. Call me ambitious, but after 6 months of working on bureaucracy/paperwork, I'd be pretty disappointed with the outcome thus far, and therefore motivated to make it happen NOW.
Old 07-20-2011 at 12:38 PM   #7
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This isn't the place to start an election campaign. o_o
Old 07-20-2011 at 12:45 PM   #8
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Oh, I'd never EVER run for an MSU position. The fact that the MSU has some pull in setting up the new system is the only reason I am bothering to concern myself with this topic. During election campaigning, I push for a candidate that is motivated and forceful in getting their work done, and said person just gets shut out by the majority of students.

I've got an entirely different student society which I prefer to be involved with, and proud of.
Old 07-20-2011 at 01:30 PM   #9
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I believe someone said that they're planning to implement it in September but there's no specific launch date set.
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Old 07-20-2011 at 02:06 PM   #10
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Someone had said they'd be launching it after Reading Week. I put as much value in the announcement of a September launch, as I do in the statement of the Reading Week launch in retrospect: i.e. value=null

It's called the "cheques in the mail" statement, and I don't hold any value to it. Just like I wouldn't hold any value to any bureaucrat/politician/lawyer who told me "We're working on the legalities of it", if I was in charge from an MSU position.

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