encyclo - 3:06 am on Dec 26, 2009 (gmt 0)

Does this mean that we've now handed the majority of our state governments' operational data to a single privately-controlled company which has well-publicized partnerships with other governments such as China?

This is obviously false and deliberately misleading, as the fact that those governmental organizations are using "one or more of Google's enterprise products" does not mean that they have put all their "operational data" on a Google server - and even if they did, that doesn't imply either control by Google or removal of control from the government agency.

Talking of partnerships, how much of the US national debt is "pwned" by China again? I know, that's a stupid argument, but no worse than the author's unfounded conclusions that a company with limited commercial ties with a foreign government is therefore susceptible to place any data on their network at that foreign government's disposition. It would be ignoring such small matters as US law, or that Google as a company would be finished and their owners jailed for life if they did so.

It's paranoia, pure and simple. Just like the old days when the crazies saw Windows back doors reporting everything back to Bill Gates. I bet 100% of those same government departments with ties to Google are using Microsoft software too. Just because Google is apparently this season's favourite target doesn't make the insinuations of the referenced blog post any less nonsensical.