[sdw2003] L.A. votes to "Go Google"; pressure shifts to Google and the cloud

[Matt Dolan]

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----- Original Message ----
From: Thaddeus Braun <Thaddeus.Braun at taylorguitars.com>
To: San Diego Windows 2003 User Group <sdw2003 at mattware.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:04:28 PM
Subject: RE: [sdw2003] L.A. votes to "Go Google"; pressure shifts to Google
and the cloud

Did they go all GoogleApps, too, or just the email? 

-----Original Message-----
From: sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com [mailto:sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com]
On Behalf Of Bac Nguyen
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:00 PM
To: San Diego Windows 2003 User Group
Subject: Re: [sdw2003] L.A. votes to "Go Google"; pressure shifts to
Google and the cloud

That's a trend and it will hurt MS in a long run if colleges,
businesses,
and others continue to exodus to Gmail. I know UOP (University of
Phoenix)
switched to Gmail last year.

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Thaddeus Braun <
Thaddeus.Braun at taylorguitars.com> wrote:

> Wow, I can't wait to see how this turns out. I'm interested in how
this
> will go. It affects Microsoft/Windows in an offhand way in that it
could
> help unseat Exchange as the defacto email system in many companies. I
> believe Exchange brings Msoft many, many Millions of dollars every
year.
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26641&tag=nl.e539
>
> Any thoughts on this? Anyone already "clouding" their email offsite
for
> a whole company of 50+ people?
>
> Thaddeus Braun
> IT Manager
> Taylor Guitars
> p: 619.258.1207
> e: thaddeus.braun at taylorguitars.com
> w: www.taylorguitars.com
> "Stay active, stay healthy, stay balanced..."
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