The upside to the disk problem was that we recovered the old system to the SAN.

This feature was very important to us because the nature of our e-mail database is such that we have a trillion tiny data files, a system which is less than ideal for a file-based storage system. The files are poorly positioned to do any streaming onto tape.

In retrospect, that was a big error in our thinking.

We placed few restrictions on people. Faculty had freedom to conduct their research and had few IT policies to think about.

What this event really impacted was the school's ability to compete in the scientific community.

This bill places unprecedented limits on eminent domain abuse. The one glaring shortcoming is the temporary exceptions for Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, but even that does not dampen the near total victory this bill provides.