[minikites]

Remember this before you rely too much on a Google product. Google isn't Microsoft and that's okay, but one of Microsoft's strong points is that they keep things around forever. Google still has the start-up culture where you can throw things away that aren't working. The difference is, in most start-ups, you don't have millions of people using the product you just threw away.

[dannyr]

I'm using Gmail. Should I be worried?

[minikites]

I doubt Google would kill Gmail outright but they might go the Twitter route and remove generic IMAP access. I would be surprised if IMAP was still an option after the next 2-3 years.

[josefresco]

I could see them pulling the ability to pull in your own POP/IMAP accounts into Gmail - to force more folks to use Apps.

[pjc50]

You've reminded me to back up my email.