makes no mention of the previously free Standard edition. Instead, new
users get a 14 day free trial, and then must pay $50 per user per year
after that trial. Google Apps is a suite of online applications like
gmail, Google calendar, Google Docs, etc. that are packaged and
tailored for business use.
Earlier this year we reported that the usage caps were being squeezed
by Google over time for Google Apps, from 200 users down to just 50.
When the service first launched in August 2006 it was free and
described as "a service available at no cost to organizations of all
shapes and sizes." A paid version first appeared in 2007.
Dave Girouard, Google's President of Enterprise, commented on our post
that talked about the decreasing number of users allowed for the free
version, saying that the cap reductions were needed to keep resellers
happy, adding "There's no reason to believe that the cap will continue
to "move down" - we have no plans whatsoever to do that."
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