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As much as I like seeing MS getting shafted, Google was pitching hosted email solution whereby they would run a "government only cloud". Telling them No was a v

by eps 16y ago

As much as I like seeing MS getting shafted, Google was pitching hosted email solution whereby they would run a "government only cloud". Telling them No was a very sensible thing to do. I'd rather have the government use an Exchange server than share its internal documents with Google. Apparently the govs are of a similar opinion which is quite telling.

rfugger 16y ago
Microsoft's solution was also cloud-hosted: Microsoft, in an e-mailed statement, said Interior “determined that the dedicated, U.S.-based cloud solution offered by Microsoft met its minimum security and other requirements after a careful and thorough evaluation, and that Google’s solution did not.”
- Athtar 16y ago
  I could be totally wrong but I think the issue was that Microsoft was willing to host it (the private cloud) on-premise whereas Google wanted it in their data centers.
rbanffy 16y ago
> d rather have the government use an Exchange server Why do you hate your government so much? What have they done to hurt you so bad? Nobody deserves that. Having e-mail on an Exchange server is something I would expect to be offered to Guantanamo detainees, if human rights watchers allowed that. It's soul-crushing. It's worse than waterboarding.
- bryanlarsen 16y ago
  Hyperbole is OK, but please choose a torture method generally accepted as such, like being stretched on the rack or having your testicles fried in a frying pan. It will make your hyperbole stronger, and avoid contributing to the widespread notion that waterboarding is not "real" torture.
  - rbanffy 16y ago
    Well noted. I used waterboarding because that was one of the techniques being employed at Guantanamo, which is also mentioned in the post. Having your e-mail in Exchange and having to use Outlook (or worse - Outlook Web Access) daily is indeed more like having the testicles fried in a frying pan or being stretched on the rack.

by eps 16y ago

rfugger 16y ago

Microsoft's solution was also cloud-hosted: Microsoft, in an e-mailed statement, said Interior “determined that the dedicated, U.S.-based cloud solution offered by Microsoft met its minimum security and other requirements after a careful and thorough evaluation, and that Google’s solution did not.”

Athtar 16y ago
I could be totally wrong but I think the issue was that Microsoft was willing to host it (the private cloud) on-premise whereas Google wanted it in their data centers.

rbanffy 16y ago

> d rather have the government use an Exchange server Why do you hate your government so much? What have they done to hurt you so bad? Nobody deserves that. Having e-mail on an Exchange server is something I would expect to be offered to Guantanamo detainees, if human rights watchers allowed that. It's soul-crushing. It's worse than waterboarding.

bryanlarsen 16y ago
Hyperbole is OK, but please choose a torture method generally accepted as such, like being stretched on the rack or having your testicles fried in a frying pan. It will make your hyperbole stronger, and avoid contributing to the widespread notion that waterboarding is not "real" torture.
- rbanffy 16y ago
  Well noted. I used waterboarding because that was one of the techniques being employed at Guantanamo, which is also mentioned in the post. Having your e-mail in Exchange and having to use Outlook (or worse - Outlook Web Access) daily is indeed more like having the testicles fried in a frying pan or being stretched on the rack.