ISPs are telling their customers to use gmail/hotmail instead of their POP and IMAP servers; last year Macquarie University told its students to use gmail instead of the hassle, cost and overhead of running a local email server. Geeks are Sexy asks; Could Gmail become a corporate solution?
I used a gmail account for my consultancy last year. I was going to use an account specific to my business name's URL, but really, I couldn't be bothered with the hassle, the overhead, the concern about spam, etc. Plus my gmail account is my name not some fanciful nick like Level70Paladin@gmail.com, it is the much more dull and boring cam.riley at gmail. (more)
I've said to my wife more times than she can bear, Scriptwriters should not be allowed to write about technology. Today, I extend that ban to politicians. (more)
