Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Thu Jan 31 03:20:36 CST 2013
Yep, Google Apps is no longer free, which makes me very sad, but this is Google's current business model: make things free, kill the competition, and, when they are dead, start charging money for free services (or kill them off altogether, which they have been doing quite a lot, leaving us developers with plenty of broken API's and non-functional apps), Google does a lot of things right, but they do not deserve their reputation and the goodwill of the community by default, as it seems to be right now. - Hans On 2013-01-31, at 1:08 AM, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Jim, > > You mention Google Mail is still free. > > Are you referring to gmail single user or do you mean Gmail for domains. > > AFAICS, Gmail for domains (google Apps) is no longer free, even for 1 user. > Am I missing something ? > > > > > On 17 January 2013 18:20, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Google mail is still free and if you need a free office product try Libra >> Office (It is OSS so there are not limits or licensing issues) and even >> Microsoft has 25 GB of free Cloud space for a shared file directory and >> then >> there is dropbox with 10-20GB available. >> >> The tools are all there just have to do some creative thinking. >> >> If you want to stretch further, you can hack some Linux box together and >> you >> can have unlimited remote sessions through your remote desktop (limited of >> course by resources). You can add in Apache and have remote access from >> anywhere through the WebServer. Then there is OpenVPN... >> >> Even with Microsoft, just put a shared folder on a client's server and set >> it up so it can be accessed from anywhere in the network and externally >> though Microsoft's Remote desktop but you are only allows two remote >> sessions, for free. There are many other options that can save your client >> thousands. >> >> Jim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen >> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:20 AM >> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >> Subject: [dba-Tech] Now that google apps is not free what do we do for >> cloudemail >> >> Hello All, >> >> Since Sept 2006 I have been using Google Apps for company based email for >> my clients. >> >> As you may know, as of Dec 6th 2012, google no longer offer this service >> for free. It must now be paid for at a rate of US$50 Per user per year. >> For a small company 5 - 10 employees, this is not expensive, but over 5 >> years, it still amounts to 1250 - 2500. >> >> In my opinion, it is still good value for what you get, but I wonder what >> you use if you want to have company based *cloud *email for free. >> >> Any recommendations ? >> >> Mark >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com