http://dria.disqus.com/enWed, 18 Jul 2007 15:17:05 -0000http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2007/07/18/585/#comment-1567877<p>I don't think there's much of a risk to email. Email has a few giant advantages that social networks just can't compete with:</p><p>1. Nobody owns it. MySpace, Facebook are all at whim of their owners. They can be snooped, modified, crippled, disabled, limited, etc.<br>2. Email is secure. Email can be done 100% internal (Exchange) or external.<br>3. Email is manageable. It can be sent to many devices, filters, storage mechanisms. MySpace, Facebook, etc. are all 100% web based, and the org (or individual has no control).<br>4. Email is universal. This STILL isn't the case with IM. You still can't IM across networks. Social networks have the same thing. No 1 will become dominant. Hasn't happened for search after all those years, not for IM, ISP, or anything else they predicted will have 1 winner.</p>Robert AccetturaWed, 18 Jul 2007 15:17:05 -0000