Email's not dead
As everyone's rethinking the email concept lately, it's good to remember email offers a number of unique reasons why it's not going to go away any time soon.
It all comes down to two simple facts: email is based on open standards, and it's the lowest common denominator for Internet communication. Any communication system that wishes to supplant email will need to offer both openness and ubiquity, and nothing available today comes even close.
