After a negotiation process that lasted months, the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Sciences and Wharton School have decided to replace their campus Webmail system with a commercial service provided by Microsoft.
Campus officials had planned to settle on a new service, run by either Microsoft or Google, by the end of January, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian. Microsoft finally won out because it promised the university more exclusive features — including e-mail, Web hosting, and instant messaging — than Google, which offered the tools native to its popular Gmail service. —Brock Read
3 Responses to U. of Pennsylvania Switches Its E-Mail Service to Microsoft
jffoster - March 21, 2012 at 8:37 am
Good riddance. Regnat Populus!
art_of_nurture - March 21, 2012 at 11:40 am
In a world that is content, even self-satisfied, to say things such as “an hat” and, “He pounded the tin can flatly,” I have hung onto my New World that was purchased in 1958.
Jonathon Owen - March 21, 2012 at 1:47 pm
I’m not sure how one can say that Webster’s New World is preeminent or is the David that slew Merriam-Webster’s Goliath. If it’s preeminent, it’s only in the niche of newspaper editing. Some relative sales ranks from Amazon:
Webster’s New World College Dictionary: #26,222
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary: #111,367
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: #1,560
Yes, WNW outsells W3, but one is a college dictionary and one is unabridged. It’s not really a direct comparison. Furthermore, W3 is fifty years old. But Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate blows i>Webster’s New World out of the water. No editing job I’ve ever worked at has used Webster’s New World; they’ve all used Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate.