The Webmail Wars · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday November 14, 2004 @02:56AM from the stuff-to-read dept.

latif writes "Much of the excitement around Gmail has centered around its innovative interface, but a pretty interface is hardly Gmail's biggest contribution. Gmail's real contribution to webmail is its innovative business model. The new business model is what's allowing Gmail to offer 1 GB storage quotas, and still have an expectation of making money. Of course, Microsoft and Yahoo have noticed this too, and one can reasonably expect them to move their webmail services to the new model. An interesting battle is shaping up between the big three webmail providers, and my article "The Webmail Wars" analyzes some possible scenarios and outcomes."

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Would like to go to gmails party.... by closer_neg9 · 2004-11-14 03:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

But i wont ever get invited... hotmail on the other hand...

I just opened my hotmail account and noticed they upgraded my account to 250MB. Not that i will ever use that much but its not like i would ever use 1GB either. Hotmail works for me and i didnt need an "invite" to signup.