[governance] Fwd: [IP] Google's Gmail Keyword Scanning Might Violate Wiretap Law, Judge Finds

[michael gurstein]

Google (now) #1 free email service.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57543177-93/gmail-edges-hotmail-as-worlds-top-e-mail-service/

M

-----Original Message-----
From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 3:53 PM
To: michael gurstein
Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; parminder
Subject: Re: [governance] Fwd: [IP] Google's Gmail Keyword Scanning Might Violate Wiretap Law, Judge Finds

On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 6:35 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think a lot of people are rather more anxious now than previously 
> with the "deal" that they signed up for with Gmail but the problem is 
> to find workable alternatives... Given their resources and 
> monopolistic behanviour (predatory pricing?) Gmail seem to have pushed 
> most of the possible althernative services out of the market (at least for the moment...


nonsense.  I Googled "free email", and got 10 alternatives on the first page alone...with Gmail coming in at #8 on the list.


Googling for "leading free email service" gives this result:

http://email.about.com/od/freeemailreviews/tp/free_email.htm

in which Gmail is listed as #1, this means that people like the service, not that there are no other options.

Monopoly is defined on Wikipedia as:

"A monopoly (from Greek monos μόνος (alone or single) + polein πωλεῖν (to sell)) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly

This is not the case with any service from Google that I can think of.

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Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel


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