Part of me has thought about starting it up again, even if it's just a decent tax write off. But I'm too far behind on things as far as security knowledge goes.

Part of me has thought about starting it up again, even if it's just a decent tax write off. But I'm too far behind on things as far as security knowledge goes. Another thing that really felt like a knife in the back was Google Apps. Trying to get a small office to go with a locally owned web host is difficult when their response is something along the lines of "Well I can just use Google Apps for free. Everyone knows Gmail! It never goes down!" Google's offerings are difficult to compete with. I think people underestimate just how widespread their influence is.