There’s been a lot written about Gmail (Google Gets the Message, Launches Gmail) since its launch and it was amusing to be aware of the mad scramble to obtain a Gmail account when it was first announced in spring of 2004 (ebay auctions; people begging). Luckily I knew an alpha male with a lot of Silicon Valley contacts and he had a few leftover Gmail invites and sent me one.
After playing with it for awhile, I made a fundamental leap: I decided to consolidate my other four email accounts (one I’ve had since 1997) and use Gmail as my one-and-only email account — even though it is still in public beta.
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