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Google Gag, or Gmail?
Gmail.com - "A Google approach to email"
Let's take a look at what they appear to be offering:
| Search, don't sort. Use Google search to find the exact message you want, no matter when it was sent or received. Don't throw anything away. Keep it all in context. No pop-up ads. No banners. |
Obviously 1000 megabytes is a lot to offer
for millions of accounts. I'm guessing that they realize that people will probably
not often reach this limit any time soon, so they have enough time to purchase
new hardware via their money gained from text ads as people are starting out.
"The inspiration for Gmail came from a Google user
complaining about the poor quality of existing email services, recalled Larry
Page, Google co-founder and president, Products. "She kvetched about spending
all her time filing messages or trying to find them," Page said. "And
when she's not doing that, she has to delete email like crazy to stay under
the obligatory four megabyte limit. So she asked, 'Can't you people fix this?'"
They already have a great search technology, so that will not be a problem. But what would this mean to competitors such as yahoo? Could this result in their end, or their time of expansion?
The Gmail address is: http://www.gmail.com/
Read the full Press Release at: http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/gmail.html
