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Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:58:15 -0800
Andy from private IP, post #18723445
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Three years off Google Workspace and counting...and I'm much happier
No Gmail, no Google Calendar, no Google Drive, and no Google Workspace. I just
deleted Dropbox, as well. As of late 2021, it was costing me hundreds of
dollars a month (>$500) for my plan because I had a number of archived users
that I still had to pay for in order to maintain compliance. With all
on-premise hardware and my own email and calendar server, I have no need for
Google anymore. I pay zero per month for email, calendar, and web hosting since
they all run on my own hardware on my existing enterprise-level internet
connection. The only cloud service I pay for is Adobe Creative Cloud because I
love Adobe applications. But I even "resolved" most of that recently, because
DaVinci Resolve has a Linux edition that can read RED cinema footage. Resolve
crushes Premiere. Reading RED footage and editing video was the only reason I
needed Adobe Premiere. And with GIMP 3.0, I might even no longer use Photoshop
and be able to delete Creative Cloud. Basically, Adobe InDesign is the only
"killer app" that I cannot get on Linux. TeX works great for most of what I did
in InDesign, so I'll think about it. I created a client drop box in order to
avoid Dropbox. My point is that I have done what few law firms have done: avoid
cloud infrastructure entirely and save a lot of money. Am I concerned about
reliability and service interruption? No, because I have a RAID 5 for all the
data with enterprise hard drives, and my backup email server at my home office
handles failover. There is no gap in coverage, I just need to copy my websites
over to the backup server when I get a chance. That's my long way of saying
that folks with an office and reliable internet simply do not need the cloud.
Incidentally, I also have my own Jabber server in case I want to have my own
Discord. Not really necessary now that we have Zoom Workplace, but it's in my
toolbox.
#LawFirm #Technology
Sat, 30 Nov 2024 05:30:42 -0800
whiteguyinchina from private IP
Reply #12198574 You should open an IT firm for
lawyers and do the same thing
Masha in sales and lady ben cannon in the back office
Sat, 30 Nov 2024 06:02:55 -0800
Andy from private IP
Reply #16161470 I snorted Dr. Pepper upon reading
that. Lol!
Yes, I have tried to open said I.T. firm, but there's one problem: lawyers
simply don't believe that another lawyer would be great at I.T. Even upon me
becoming chair of the IP/Technology section of the bar association. I'm going
to do a series of presentations at our section meetings that drop hints about
what is possible, and the problem should take care of itself at that point
;)
@18723445 2tierreality 👍 @12198574 Andy 🤣
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