This is largely why I switched my email to a paid provider that I trust plus local backups; it's simply too important.
Which is not to say that Google doesn't offer excellent services or that people shouldn't use them, but I think many people put far too much trust in a single provider without planning for things going wrong. Stories like this make me slightly apprehensive about all the buzz surrounding Google Wave.
Which is not to say that Google doesn't offer excellent services or that people shouldn't use them, but I think many people put far too much trust in a single provider without planning for things going wrong. Stories like this make me slightly apprehensive about all the buzz surrounding Google Wave.