Jeff, I am not denying the fact that EAS is a licensed product that Google pays for. I was asking why Zack says this is the reason for Google dropping it, since as per the article<http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2009/feb09/02-09statement.aspx>he mentions, EAS has been licensed to Google since early 2009.
Even Microsoft claims to have been surprised by this move, but this could just be politics. See http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57559813-75/microsoft-very-surprised-by-googles-exchange-activesync-ouster/ I am rather glad that Google are opting for open standards but EAS is still a very good system. -- Marko On 23 Nov 2013, at 6:40, Jeff Grossman <[email protected]> wrote: On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Marko Vukovic <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 3:01 AM, Zack (Doc) <[email protected]> wrote: > >> GMail stopped doing MS Exchange (the protocol the iOS mail wants to use) >> because MS was charging them a fee. You need to use the GMail App. > > > That's not true at all (the part about iOS wanting to use EAS). The Mail > app uses IMAP when adding a Gmail account, nothing else. Adding a Gmail > Apps account using EAS is done via the 'Exchange' option. > > MS is charging Google a fee? Since when? How about my old free Apps > accounts that I am still able to connect to using EAS, albeit from the one > single device? > Marko, He is correct about Google being charged a fee. Actually any company that allows ActiveSync to be used in their software must pay Microsoft a licensing fee to use that protocol. Since there are so many Gmail users, I guess Google decided it wasn't worth the price of the licensing fee. I have found using IMAP is perfectly fine with iOS. Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
