I use Google Groups to manage the body corporate committee of my block of units. We have about 7 members on the board and they all have access (although most just rely on the email forwarding feature to read and submit posts).
It is good for us because it keeps all email conversations archived in threads related by subject matter plus is completely searchable (as you'd expect for a Google service - as well as free!).
I haven't seen (with a few expections) Google attempt to make money (and hence "market share") on any of its products except Ads. This is exactly how TV stations work - they make shows (some are funny some not, some boring some OK) in the hope they you will watch their channel and hence improve their ratings in turn improving the amount they can charge advertisers for air time. TV stations make a huge investment making/buying shows in the hope that you will watch their channel over another.
With Google's non-core projects they must be investing in them because 1. interest rates are not as good as more Ad hits and 2. because they can. The up shot is they get to maybe in the future sell the fruits for direct money instead of indirect (ad) money. TV stations/producers do this too (but only recently in the life of the TV) - box set anyone? (or should I say Gmail, calendar, docs and spreadsheets, picasa web albums, groups, maps, finance, earth, page creator, talk, video, news.... wow there are a lot aren't there!)
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I use Google Groups to manage the body corporate committee of my block of units. We have about 7 members on the board and they all have access (although most just rely on the email forwarding feature to read and submit posts). It is good for us because it keeps all email conversations archived in threads related by subject matter plus is completely searchable (as you'd expect for a Google service - as well as free!).
I haven't seen (with a few expections) Google attempt to make money (and hence "market share") on any of its products except Ads. This is exactly how TV stations work - they make shows (some are funny some not, some boring some OK) in the hope they you will watch their channel and hence improve their ratings in turn improving the amount they can charge advertisers for air time. TV stations make a huge investment making/buying shows in the hope that you will watch their channel over another. With Google's non-core projects they must be investing in them because 1. interest rates are not as good as more Ad hits and 2. because they can. The up shot is they get to maybe in the future sell the fruits for direct money instead of indirect (ad) money. TV stations/producers do this too (but only recently in the life of the TV) - box set anyone? (or should I say Gmail, calendar, docs and spreadsheets, picasa web albums, groups, maps, finance, earth, page creator, talk, video, news.... wow there are a lot aren't there!)
my warranty will have a hole cut out of its centre? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLG%2C GGLG%3A2005-35%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=define%3A+voided&btnG =Search