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Hi all, I’m new to the list and a user (not an IT pro), and apologies if this has been discussed before on MSUNAG, but I'm really interested to know why the university doesn't plan to use gmail. It seems like the privacy and ownership issues would be overcome with the advent of google docs. So, what's the difference with storing potentially private data through gmail vs. docs in the cloud? Reason I'm asking, exchange is awful and bulky (in my opinion), often slow and often has errors. Either through app/vpn or exchange web access it's a pain to use outside of university grounds. If we don't fully commit to google apps then people won't transition, they'll just stick with their old programs. Plus, aren't we increasing the IT burden by having to maintain two systems (training on both systems, hardware on exchange server, etc.?) When I heard that we were using google docs I was excited, but the lack of gmail is a real disappointment. I'll look in the archives to see what's been discussed about this, but I guess I was wondering if others had the same opinion.