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Re: Gmail for students and IMAP


From: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks () VT EDU>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:14:32 -0400

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:42:47 EDT, "James M. Dutcher - Assoc. VP IS/IT & CIO" said:

SUNY Orange has right-sourced

*bingo*.

Oh, sorry. We *weren't* playing buzzword bingo?

<rant>
You outsourced it. Period.  "right-sourced" has *zero* semantic meaning, since
it apparently means "choosing the best in/out/open/closed source".  But
think about it for a moment - does *anybody* ever intentionally choose the
*wrong* one, based on the criteria on the table at the time?
</rant>

Sorry, but it needed saying. Carry on... ;)

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