Gmail Makes Other Netmail Companies Cry...

Published on April 18, 2005 By greywar In Internet

On April 1 Gmail posted a little April Fool's joke called the "Infinity +1" storage solution. It was supposed to allow unlimited storage for all users. Of course this was just for launghs put in reality Gmail did in fact double it's already massive 1GB of free storage to 2GB+ and it increases every second as they add more space. Observe :

That is an astonishing number even for a pay service much less a free one. Can Yahoo, Hotmail, etc... even hope to compete with this? Google's business acumen leaves me stunned.

Comments (Page 8)

106

greywar

on Apr 22, 2005

Douglas -

thats for individual accounts

It is also for all of Yahoo mail if the shareholders want it that way. Yahoo (and almost everyone else online) owes you nothing acording to their EULA and TOS. Nothing.

why are they holding back making it completely open?

Builds hype and makes it seem more "leet" (and it has worked).

Meowy -

Mac or Linux could take over any time now.

Nice, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time

Zoomba -

GMail is here to stay.

Perhaps it is even here to pwn!

107

PurrBall

on Apr 22, 2005

Nice, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time

No, the Mac market is rising.

You can find Mac at BestBuy now too.

And Linux is getting more popular also. Notice that alot of people here have a Linux machine or Dualboot.

108

Estrogen Lass

on Apr 22, 2005

I cant believe you have that icon by your name. And you call me a T.E.D

Nice touch, nerd

109

greywar

on Apr 22, 2005

No, the Mac market is rising.

Stop! you're killing me!

Estrogen Lass - You are the first one to say anything about it:) Thanks baby:)

110

PurrBall

on Apr 22, 2005

No, the Mac market is rising.

Stop! you're killing me!

Well, anyway:
Gmail lets you send and recieve big files: I tried to send over 5 megabytes of stuff to a Hotmail addy and I got a message back from the server saying that Hotmail doesnt accept large file sizes, but when sending it elsewhere, it worked.

111

greywar

on Apr 23, 2005

Gmail lets you send and recieve big files

makes it very very useful for ummm "trading" large files...

112

mythgarr

on Apr 23, 2005

What I really like about GMAIL is that they are composing multiple-replied mailing lists e-mail with one similar topic into one composed letter with all historical path intacts.
And use OPERA, you won't see the AdSense

And the ability to search your old letters are cool enough.
I wonder, when will google make their own OS ?

113

greywar

on Apr 23, 2005

I wonder, when will google make their own OS ?

Well they seem to be building one piecemeal right now...

114

HG_Eliminator

on Apr 24, 2005

I have a G.Mail account ..but theres very little stuff that i use it for ... i will say this ..it seems more now than ever that if you offer people a bone, they will freely hand over all their freedoms, Hitler and those from the past had the idea of forced oppression.the fools!!!!... why go to war ? just offer a few trinkets and baubles and peeps will fall over them selves to hand over their rights and freedoms ...

i remember when a contract was considered by law to be invalid if it violated personal rights. now employers do it daily " if you want the job" you must hand over your freedoms... I dont believe theres a conspiracy.. but remember the more "little" freedoms handed away .. brings you that much closer to oppression and slavery..soon you will only be free to do as "your boss, goverment and buisnesses allow".

yes giving up freedoms is a big deal. many people died to earn the freedoms "people today" easily dismiss.

"all gave some,some gave all"

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