> their organization name was being used in lieu of
> a circle when they tried to share something.
(1) is okay if their users don't get the quickest rollout of new services, it's just a nice hosted email/calendar/docs solution. Users of (1) probably have personal GMail accounts they use for personal stuff, anyway.
(2) is confused whenever their me@mydomain.com email account doesn't act 100% like a regular GMail account.
Google has to cater to (1) because that's the whole point of Google Apps -- but that means that (2) gets slower rollouts of features that (1) might not appreciate. Perhaps if there were a different product, aimed toward the individual rather than the organization, this type of confusion could be avoided.
In the case of (1) the biggest issue I see is when people from an organization leave. It'll be interesting to see how Google handles that in Google+ for Apps users.
As an example, right now, when deleting a Google Apps account all of the user's shared docs, calendars, emails, etc. are deleted. I'm not sure if there's a way to preserve information or transition ownership easily.
For organizations like schools I could easily envision someone wanting to take their Google+ content with them once they graduate. For companies there's usually a mix of content that should be removed and preserved that's specific to that organization.
For my personal domain I do want Google Apps features to have parity with GMail. It's not that I don't understand the difference. It's that I don't want to split my information between multiple online identities.
> In the case of (1) the biggest issue I see is when people from an organization leave.
> [...] when deleting a Google Apps account all of the user's shared docs,
> calendars, emails, etc. are deleted.
> For my personal domain I do want Google Apps features to have parity with GMail.
> It's not that I don't understand the difference. It's that I don't want to split
> my information between multiple online identities.
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(I've been eagerly waiting for 2 years)
Let me unashamedly open the traditional Google+ invite begging thread.
paul.bridger, gmail. Much obliged!