Approved by the Information Resource Planning and Advisory Council, November 2, 1990. Except as noted below, Computing Services does not provide support for computer applications written by individuals or groups outside of Computing Services. This includes software written for mainframes, minicomputers, and microcomputers. Included in this proscription are computer programs written by University employees outside of Computing Services and those written by University students either in a cooperative education or classroom instruction situation. This policy is required to ensure compliance with programming standards for software and to guarantee that proper security standards are met.
Standards compliance is required to minimize system maintenance and improve system efficiency.