> Obviously it's not theoretically impossible for Google to suddenly lose > all of its data centres, but I don't consider that to be something I > need to spend my time thinking about. Over ten years ago I persuaded my > university to switch to Google for handling mail, because the cost and > effort of doing it ourselves was rapidly overwhelming our meagre > resources and we simply couldn't keep up with the community's demands, > and of course for an educational institution G Suite (now Google > Workplace) was free. > > There may be extra-technological reasons for not doing that, such as > regulatory requirements, suspicion of the provider etc., and of course > Google is not the only option, but in our circumstances I consider that > to have been an unqualified success. > Yes, I think what I was trying to get across was risk management and risk perception. One can think of lots of scenarios where things can go wrong, but it's weighing up the risk: i.e. likelihood and consequences - I suspect the consequences of Google loosing all its datacenters would be far more problematic than not having a copy of your mail.
BTW, we too went through the process of outsourcing email, but Google couldn't/wouldn't commit to housing the data in a certain jurisdiction so our legal team said no. If you ever want to meet risk adverse people, just talk to the legal department of a UK university. P. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
