Thursday, January 10, 2008

Question of the Day

Why are people concerned about Google "lock-in", when one of the products when Google could enforce lock-in (Gmail), all possible forms of access are available (POP3, IMAP and forwarding). Contrast this to Yahoo and Microsoft, who do not offer forwarding (which means you are stuck with them for the rest of your life, in one way or the other.) Yahoo at least allows you to forward you messages for a fee ($20/year). Still, Google wins in terms of quality, so he does not need lock-in.

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