Google to kill free cloud apps.

[kc1di]

Is this the beginning of the end for free online apps? 
http://www.zdnet.com/google-kills-off-free-google-apps-offering-7000008467/

[menotu]

They've also graduated the following lab items........
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from thenextweb

Gmail graduates 3 Labs features: Send and archive, Default reply to all, and Quote selected text 

On Thursday, Google announced three new features that have graduated from Gmail Labs: “Send and archive,” “Quote selected text,” and “Default reply to all.” This is not a gradual rollout; you can use all three of them right now on Gmail.com.

The first feature lets you send an email and immediately archive it from both the compose screen and the reply screen. The second one lets you set up how your Default reply function works, again in both the Compose and Reply sections of Gmail.

Last but not least, the “Quote selected text” lets you highlight text and hit the reply button. This automatically takes the quoted text and inserts it into your reply email. I think this one is the most useful of all three:

http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/12/06/gmail-graduates-3-labs-features-send-and-archive-default-reply-to-all-and-quote-selected-text/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNextWeb+%28The+Next+Web+All+Stories%29

[Waldo22]

Free stuff is usually free only until it becomes popular... then the small fees come, then the rate increases come.......

Open Source has been the only consistently "free" thing I have ever found that stays free.  Long live Open Source!

[pags]

This is only for their Enterprise (business) apps.

They explicitly state, that of your require continue free access you should sign up for a personal account...

Good? Bad? Ugly?

Business.

[jaydot]

"don't be evil" is their motto.  ho hum...

[The Chief]

Last but not least, the “Quote selected text” lets you highlight text and hit the reply button. This automatically takes the quoted text and inserts it into your reply email. I think this one is the most useful of all three:

Gee - Thunderbird has only had that for 6 or 8 years...

[frazelle09]

"Gee - Thunderbird has only had that for 6 or 8 years..."

giggle, glad to see them catching up --- finally.

Have a great evening! 

[menotu]

Last but not least, the “Quote selected text” lets you highlight text and hit the reply button. This automatically takes the quoted text and inserts it into your reply email. I think this one is the most useful of all three:

Gee - Thunderbird has only had that for 6 or 8 years...

But as Thunderbird is a dedicated stand-alone application wouldn't it  be expected to have more bells and whistles than a browser based app?

And of course the flip side would be users who say it should be kept simple and not have too many features

[The Chief]

But as Thunderbird is a dedicated stand-alone application wouldn't it  be expected to have more bells and whistles than a browser based app?

Not really - since a browser based app only has to be implemented in one place (no waiting for thousands to upgrade) and only for single platform (the web server).