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

[michael gurstein]

Hmmm... FWIW, it is, shall we say somewhat questionable to ascribe the use of words to me that don't actually appear in what I wrote... (you might want to check out the difference for example between "monopoly" and "monopolistic behaviour" 

M

-----Original Message-----
From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 4:42 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

Gmail saw 287.9 million unique worldwide visitors Microsoft's Hotmail, which finished with 286.2 million unique visitors.
Yahoo, the once mighty e-mail power, with 281.7 million

This isn't even "dominance" (per the article), let alone "monopoly".

On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 7:16 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> Google (now) #1 free email service.
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57543177-93/gmail-edges-hotmail-as-wo
> rlds-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.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A 
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>



--
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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