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[ NNSquad ] Google Groups data to be destroyed? Say what?
Google Groups data to be destroyed? Say What? http://bit.ly/aCVDXQ (Google Buzz) According to this Google announcement: http://bit.ly/9IzWlX -- Google intends to terminate all access to Google Groups "Pages and Files" data in Feb 2011, after terminating editing of existing P/F data or creation of new P/F data next month. I agree with the analysis at http://bit.ly/cDBpcj (artima) that the Feb 2011 cutoff is extremely problematic, without automatic migration of existing materials to some other Google platform. The current plans, as announced, virtually guarantee the loss of important data, since it is inconceivable that everyone with such data using the existing platform will receive notification or understand fully how to migrate their data. I'm extremely puzzled as to why this has been left as an "exercise for users" with the apparent default being total loss of data (whether actually destroyed or "simply" inaccessible, the effect would likely be the same for most users)." --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com) http://www.vortex.com/lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 Co-Founder, PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility): http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, NNSquad (Network Neutrality Squad): http://www.nnsquad.org Founder, GCTIP (Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance): http://www.gctip.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Google Buzz: http://bit.ly/lauren-buzz