On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:05 AM, pavithran <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11 April 2013 22:45, Guruprasad <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I came to know about this when my alma mater, Thiagarajar College of >> Engineering where we have been running our own mail servers with just >> free software was asked to migrate to AICTE by pointing the MX records >> to some domain of Microsoft. > > Ohh no , isn't that sick of AICTE to say its mandatory ?
It felt really rude to me. What about the existing infrastructure that the colleges have? Do they even offer a proper migration? What if the government changes after the elections and some one decides that this project should be scrapped? What will happen to the data that lies in the control of Microsoft? What if after some time Microsoft decides that it is not worth giving this service for free and decides to charge per user? Will they offer a way for people to export the data? Is changing the MX records just the only thing they expect from the colleges and do they expect all colleges to blindly oblige? > I just felt like reading http://www.aicte-india.org/aboutaicte.htm to > see what they are all about ! But as community members we must do > something to prevent this onslaught . > I am guessing this is a country wide thing . I came to know about this only when there was a point-blank email to my alma mater asking to change the MX records and point them to a subdomain of invalid.outlook.com within a couple of days' time. Since the email came from one of the partners of Microsoft, I even suspected that this could be scam email and that AICTE website could have been compromised. But after I saw an article on the Microsoft site gloating about its largest cloud customer, I realized the enormity. I am surprised to see how this hasn't come out big in the news or have all colleges budged? Thanks & Regards, Guruprasad _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
