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3 Email Chiefs Come to Dinner

Carl Bialik writes "The heads of email from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft all recently went over to Wall Street Journal columnist Lee Gomes's house for dinner and conversation. Gomes has an interesting writeup of the conversation that transpired. The meal started as a lovefest for Gmail and Google's Paul Buchheit, with Microsoft's Kevin Doerr (no relation to the venture capitalist) and Yahoo's Ethan Diamond 'agreeing that much of the current excitement in the email world can be traced back to last year's debut of Mr. Buchheit's Gmail.' But Gomes adds, 'Whatever early lead Gmail may have had in creating a next-generation email program, both Microsoft and Yahoo have more than caught up. I wondered out loud to Mr. Buchheit if Gmail, the pioneer, might now be falling behind. "There is a lot more we want to build," he responded.'"

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  1. Re:And then... by rumianek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think gmail has been slashdotted now... Server Error The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds.

  2. In the footnote.... by copdk4 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    of this slashdot page -
    "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke"

  3. Re:And then... by anhata · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    while others drank a peg, Buchheit had a glass and constantly leading the way by drinking 3 ounce every minute. (peg = 1GB, glass 2GB, ounce = MB minute = day). way to go gmail

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