Re: [Evolution] Migrating from Thunderbird via import without duplicates

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> Obviously it's not theoretically impossible for Google to suddenly lose
> all of its data centres, but I don't consider that to be something I
> need to spend my time thinking about. Over ten years ago I persuaded my
> university to switch to Google for handling mail, because the cost and
> effort of doing it ourselves was rapidly overwhelming our meagre
> resources and we simply couldn't keep up with the community's demands,
> and of course for an educational institution G Suite (now Google
> Workplace) was free.
>
> There may be extra-technological reasons for not doing that, such as
> regulatory requirements, suspicion of the provider etc., and of course
> Google is not the only option, but in our circumstances I consider that
> to have been an unqualified success.
Yes, I think what I was trying to get across was risk management and
risk perception.  One can think of lots of scenarios where things can
go wrong, but it's weighing up the risk: i.e. likelihood and
consequences - I suspect the consequences of Google loosing all its
datacenters would be far more problematic than not having a copy of
your mail.

BTW, we too went through the process of outsourcing email, but Google
couldn't/wouldn't commit to housing the data in a certain jurisdiction
so our legal team said no.  If you ever want to meet risk adverse
people, just talk to the legal department of a UK university.

P.