[colug-432] the demise of Googoo "Apps for Domains"

[Angelo McComis]

Here's the relevant FAQ for what happened with Google Apps Standard Edition
as it was formerly called:

http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2855120

Grandfathered in  =  in for good.  Otherwise, the free gravy supply has
been shut off.

I am a lucky person -- I have the free edition, and 100 users capability in
my domain.  I got in /very/ early when it was "just" email before the rest
of the apps came along, hence, my "hosted email" was later upgraded to
Apps, and I kept my 100 user limit.

I'll be keen to hear if anyone brings up a competing service that's "free"
to a handful of users like "Standard Edition" was previously.


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Greg Sidelinger <gate at ilive4code.net>wrote:

> I also just found out they dropped exchange support for new apple devices.
>  They want you to use their crappy gmail app instead.  I say crappy as I
> can't read half of my emails on my phone with out zooming in.  Hell 1/4
> of the  screen is dedicated to a next button instead of reading
> real-estate. Over the last year they have dropped over 1/2 of their
> services I actually used on a daily basis.  I'm down to gmail and search
> now days.  And if I ever get off my lazy ass I'm moving my personal domain
> away from them.
>
> Greg
>
> On Thursday, July 11, 2013, Rick Troth wrote:
>
>> This may be old news to some (and others might not care).  Google has
>> dispensed with their free offering of what is now called "Apps for
>> Business".  It happened circa January of this year.  The only plan
>> available is one of several pay-for plans.
>>
>> Frankly, I think their price is quite reasonable for small biz: $5/user
>> for GMail, calendar, IM, contacts, and a highly interactive document
>> sharing service.  Many biz, large and small, pay more for less.  But I
>> whine because I am not a small biz.  I'm a hobbyist with a home domain.
>> So the "no charge for up to 10 users" would seem to fit ... hobbyists
>> could go gratis while actual small biz (likely to have more than 10
>> users) would pay actual dollars (and get actual attention when they have
>> actual problems).
>>
>> What happened is that my son got a domain a few weeks ago.  We set up
>> DNS and web, enrolled in "Apps for Business" (not finding the explicitly
>> free "Apps for Domains"), then pointed MX at Googoo.  Worked.  The
>> mailbox is the biggest thing he got out of that.  Their spam filtering
>> and web interface are fabulous.  But now we find it suspended.
>>
>> So ... mostly just to let the rest of you know.
>>
>> If you're already "in" then you may be grandfathered.  This note comes
>> to you by way of the previously instantiated "Apps for Domains" for
>> casita.net, which Skippy turned me onto a couple years ago.  So far, my
>> services from Google have not been suspended.
>>
>> I would gladly pay real dollars for these kinds of things.  But what is
>> a low price for actual business is a high price for home use.  It seems
>> we have lost some nice middle ground.
>>
>> -- R; <><
>>
>>
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