Originally Posted by huzaifa47

From the last communication from the University it's slated to be started in September. The actual implementation doesn't take more then a few days or a week it's the legal hassling that has taken this project such a long time, McMaster's purchasing department lawyer's and Google are going back and forth about legal issues and the last I heard there was one last issue with a provincial privacy law. If McMaster was situated in USA this project would have been implemented well before Reading Week even, however the legislation and Government and University bureaucracy is much more complex in Canada.

But September does seem to be a very plausible start up date and makes sense given the start of the academic year as opposed to the summer.

And Noor this system isn't going to cost you or McMaster much of anything, the actual service is free of charge and it'll only cost the University a comparatively small amount of money to switch over

So... they are still doing the legal dance as we type?

Actually I think it makes more sense to implement during summer where they have time to work out any bugs , before they start sending out important mails in September.

Thanks for the update Huzaifa!

Originally Posted by huzaifa47

But September does seem to be a very plausible start up date and makes sense given the start of the academic year as opposed to the summer.

i don't think its very plausible to start in sept. this is the reason :

Originally Posted by MacPack

Actually I think it makes more sense to implement during summer where they have time to work out any bugs , before they start sending out important mails in September.

Originally Posted by MacPack

Actually I think it makes more sense to implement during summer where they have time to work out any bugs , before they start sending out important mails in September.

True, but then again they could have been referring to a promoted launch in September when students come back, migrating McMaster students to Gmail won't take more then 3-4 days so it could be done whenever. So I guess they could beta launch in August and then start promoting it in September? Secondly MUSS accounts will still be available atleast for a year on the side for those who prefer to retain so emails should still get to you. Lastly, I haven't heard of a Gmail implementation that was ever anything but successful, It's all hosted on the cloud in a tried and tested formula.