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But, what about the cost of the hardware, maintenance, administration,
redundancy, the cost to move to another server when you run out of disk space, . . . .

For the 2GB per user scenario you give, Google is FREE!!!
Posted by: DonnieBoy   Posted on: 10/15/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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As usual, great analysis!! And, considering you can have it for free if you  DonnieBoy | 10/15/07
Just one nit to pick  t_mohajir | 10/15/07
But, what about the cost of the hardware, maintenance, administration,  DonnieBoy | 10/15/07
I thought I covered that  t_mohajir | 10/16/07
Ok, I just think all of those other costs add up really fast, and, managers  DonnieBoy | 10/16/07
Also, you may have mentioned the other costs, but did not use them  DonnieBoy | 10/16/07
um, what about maintenance?  kiz | 10/16/07
Maintenance?  MarketingTutor | 04/19/09
Software costs are the tip of the iceberg.  Nick Maxwell | 10/16/07
What's keeping me from switching  t_mohajir | 10/16/07
One correction...  MarketingTutor | 04/19/09
$50/yr justified  D. T. Schmitz | 10/15/07
RE: Does payback on email alone make Google Apps' $50/yr. worth it? (Docs,  gregarnette | 10/16/07
lazy way of doing things  croberts | 10/16/07
But, should you also build your own cars? Your own microprocessors?  DonnieBoy | 10/16/07
Then you are on a G-leash  rtb | 10/16/07
Already on Microsoft's leash. Why not Google?  shawkins | 10/16/07
Bottom line: it is somebody's leash  dberlind | 10/16/07
Exactly.... Agreed.... That is correct.  shawkins | 10/16/07
Well, to be fair, you could use a complete open source solution, and then  DonnieBoy | 10/16/07
RE: Does payback on email alone make Google Apps' $50/yr. worth it? (Docs,  mmdmurphy@... | 10/16/07
Experiences of a Gmail User  dweil@... | 10/16/07
The Google Apps to-do list  dberlind | 10/16/07
Continuation of to-do list for Google Apps  t_mohajir | 10/16/07
Yes, if we could host our own web applications that would be great!!!  DonnieBoy | 10/16/07
Yes, there is a way to migrate. Since you have POP access, you have  DonnieBoy | 10/16/07
RE: Does payback on email alone make Google Apps' $50/yr. worth it? (Docs, etc? That's icing)  loststallion@... | 10/16/07
And, when you insource it, you have to deal with hiring employees that  DonnieBoy | 10/16/07
RE: Does payback on email alone make Google Apps' $50/yr. worth it? (Docs,  doug.mcgraw@... | 10/16/07
I would imagine that Google has it or will have it soon, as the completely  DonnieBoy | 10/16/07
Mystified  rjcarlson49 | 10/16/07
There are rumors that GMail will be work with Gears soon. But, I use GMail  DonnieBoy | 10/16/07
On the retention policy, if that is not already avallable with the paid  DonnieBoy | 10/16/07
Again POP access  technical@... | 10/16/07
RE: Does payback on email alone make Google Apps' $50/yr. worth it? (Docs, etc? That's icing)  rod@... | 10/16/07
Another thing, Google needs a caching appliance, so when the network goes  DonnieBoy | 10/16/07
You've got it backwards...  3dguru | 10/19/07
What about privacy, hippa, lawsuits, etc  frivenburg@... | 10/19/07

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