If you ask around, you'll find that most of the people running Google Groups either hate or dislike Google Groups, however when their groups were first started

If you ask around, you'll find that most of the people running Google Groups either hate or dislike Google Groups, however when their groups were first started it had a low-entry cost: it was free of charge and Google handled most of the annoyances of running a mailing list. New groups get added because it is still simpler than running your own mailing list. http://ejohn.org/blog/google-groups-is-dead/ http://ejohn.org/blog/google-groups-is-dead/ One should never underestimate the power of inertia.