On 5/16/05, Mic Cullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I really don't understand the enormous faith people place in GMail/Google. A > free service under someone else's care. No thanks.
Mic, I think if you examine your life you will discover that you also place a lot of faith in free services that are under someone else's care. I would find it quite sad if the only thing you believe in is what you pay for. We used to call that "cruising for a bruising". :-) Anyway, Google/Gmail earns a lot of revenue on this so-called "free service" that you are talking about. And there is nothing absolutely certain - or more certain - about a product just because you happen to pay for it. The real question is only - will the product still be available and functional tomorrow. I think that Gmail is a likely bet - as likely as any other service provider I can think of and more likely than any PC that I might convert into my own jerryrigged IMAP server. But perhaps you are thinking in terms of privacy. I see that issue in a layered fashion. My first - and most significant - layer of personal protection is the care that I take in the words that I write. Even if all of my mail were to be made public tomorrow (an unlikely eventuality that might bankrupt Google due to such a betrayal of trust), I doubt that I would feel personally embarrassed. I would, however, be furious about the infringement of other people's privacy and the fact that the leak was through my accounts. -- Avi Yashar Windows XP Pro SP2 and The Bat! Pro 3.5 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is (none) | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
