philosophical question about gmail

Bill Sconce sconce at in-spec-inc.com
Wed Aug 4 15:32:01 EDT 2004


On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:27:32 -0400
Jeff Macdonald <macfisherman at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:14:38 -0400, Bill Sconce  wrote:
> > This is going to hurt.  I'm going to have to admit ignorance, not just
> > of the usual sort, but in this case near-total ignorance.
> > 
> >             What is gmail?
> 
> I've replied to 2 folks about this, so here it is for the list. gmail
> is google's web based mail system that offers 1 GIG of free space. It
> display ads based on content in your email. The ads are normal
> non-intrusive ads that google made popular. Since this service is in
> beta only existing users can invite others. Gmail gave me up to 12
> invitations to hand out over time, I had one left so I offered it to
> the group.
> 
> But I have to add, where have you folks been? :) Gmail was talked
> about a lot in the press! Just google for gmail!


Press?  You mean out in The World?  Not a newslist?

Who has time, with all the heckling we have to do?    :)

-Bill



Seriously, thanks for the explanation.



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