Bandwidth is not an issue. I mean, how big are those documents really? Besides that most people have broadband internet access with no real data transfer limit imposed.

Flexibility is a valid point. But I’m not a guy who has written every procedure in stone. I’m agile and I like the Google approach a lot. I haven’t find anything I wanted to do that I couldn’t with Google.

As for privacy and security there have been a lot of discussion about that. Personally, I trust Google. It would be a good thing if Google added an option to backup your entire mailbox or document tree. However, I don’t see that happening anytime soon.

Thanks for your insights on the issue.

- Privacy and security. If you choose to use Google Apps for your startup, all you data – emails, meetings, docs – will be stored on the servers that you don’t have any control over.

- Flexibility. Google Apps, as any other application, impose certain business logic on the way you do things. Email filtering, for example, can be much better configured on the servers you have shell/procmail access to.

- Extra bandwidth. Sending files and messages back and forth seems like an overhead when communicating within the office.

While Google Apps are an excellent set of tools (I know, because I use them for my startup), they do have their own set of cons, as any other system.