Outsourcing to Survive

Sorry about the extended silence there. I really thought it would take longer before I hit writer's block!

So, Google has their Apps For Your Domain suite of products and they are quietly increasing the amount of storage they allow Gmail users. Yahoo! ups the ante by allowing unlimited storage for their email users. Are we playing a fool's game trying to supplying email services to our users when there are organizations that can do it better/faster/cheaper? Are my users better served by using someone else's service?

Seriously, what does it gain my organization when I pay for, install, maintain, backup, troubleshoot, and generally administer an email server? I think my talents can be better put to use in other areas. Why not let Google or Yahoo! run my email system for me? Let them spend the money on storage/backups/scaling. I'll keep our PCs running and maybe have enough time left over to plan for the future.

What's the drawback? I'm having a hard time thinking of one...