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Yale Switching To Gmail, Not Without Opposition
PwnSnake writes "While it makes sense for small (and large) corporations to move to Gmail, something seems amiss when a top private university decides to hand everything over to Google. Although most in that community seem to welcome the change, several organizations on campus have joined forces to call for a transparent process and get students and faculty thinking about the downsides of the switch. The problem is choice (users can already forward mail to Gmail; it doesn't make sense to force that option and not have a backup or opt-out mail server)."
Maybe someone better informed than I could say whether or not if using Gmail corporate services would also expose you to randomly-applied 'great ideas' such as the screwup that is Buzz?
I would hope not...
Anyone ignorant of the possible problems of things like this need to become educated.
Go on, give us a few. Avoid ones that are easily mitigated.
You are just a typical uninformed, ignorant IT guy who actually knows nothing about IT. People like you are the reason more companies and Universities are having to outforce. If the decisions you make managing your IT department are as uninformed as your post, your email will be outsourced before you know it.