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Google Mail: Real, or april fools joke?
2004-03-31, 5:04 PM #1
http://gmail.google.com/
http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/gmail.html
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/01/0038200&mode=nested&tid=126&tid=95

Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Amidst rampant media speculation, Google Inc. today announced it is testing a preview release of Gmail – a free search-based webmail service with a storage capacity of up to eight billion bits of information, the equivalent of 500,000 pages of email. Per user.</font>


I hope to God its real, but it just reeks of hoax.

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2004-03-31, 5:17 PM #2
Well it is April Fool's Day so it wouldn't surprise me if this was a hoax.

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2004-03-31, 5:20 PM #3
It looks very much like what they did a a year or two ago.
2004-03-31, 5:29 PM #4
I want it.

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2004-03-31, 5:30 PM #5
Except that Google Email was announced months ago. If its an April Fools Hoax, they thought of it a long time ago.

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2004-03-31, 10:44 PM #6
Google is expanding its operations scope in really weird new ways lately, due to competition from Yahoo's newly-developed search engine or some such nonsense..

An even stranger service that they're now offering is research help - Google retains a staff of dedicated searchers who you pay to track down answers to any question you might have. Literally, these people google for you.
2004-04-01, 1:32 AM #7
Google owns XD

And DSettahr, it's not totally unthought of for Google to have thought of this months ago. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2004-04-01, 2:26 AM #8
It's the "1000mb per user" that makes me just a teensy bit suspicious.

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2004-04-01, 4:28 AM #9
Indeed GoY... but I think there IS gonna be a Google Mail, just maybe not right now...

[Edit: If you click on "more about Gmail" and scroll to the bottom, you can add your e-mail to the Gmail updates mailing list]

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2004-04-01, 4:37 AM #10
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GhostOfYoda:
It's the "1000mb per user" that makes me just a teensy bit suspicious.

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1GB of free storage space? I don't think so.




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2004-04-01, 5:24 AM #11
Well, if it *is* a hoax, then quite a few independent sources were either fooled by it or are going along with it.

I'd also point out Google's april fools about the new centre on the moon, which is more similar in style to their previous one about Pigeon Ranking, but I can't remember the link off the top of my head.
2004-04-01, 5:42 AM #12
This is the hoax for today:

http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html

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2004-04-01, 8:41 AM #13
Its real. I heard Paul Harvey talk about it this morning.

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2004-04-01, 8:48 AM #14
G CHEESE!

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2004-04-01, 9:17 AM #15
I think the 1 gig of storage space is most likely a hoax. But the rest of it I bet is real... and when Gmail finally comes out, I bet it will still be awesome.

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2004-04-01, 9:21 AM #16
[http://www.google.com/technology/diagram.gif]

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EvilMagic.net: Brian's Web Log
2004-04-01, 9:36 AM #17
Well, I emailed Google and asked them if they were opening up a Mars facility after their Lunar facility was in full operation, and this is the reply I got:
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Thank you for contacting Google about our Copernicus Research Center.

We've received an overwhelming response to this opportunity and are not
currently accepting additional resumes. We will, however, keep your
information on file should we have an opening in the future. At the
current staffing levels, we anticipate that we may need additional
applicants on or around April Fool's Day in 2104. Until then, we
appreciate your interest in Google and your taking the time to write us.


Sincerely,

The Googlunar Recruiting Team</font>
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EvilMagic.net: Brian's Web Log
2004-04-01, 9:41 AM #18
From Wikipedia:
    This is April Fool's Day. Some April Fool's hoaxes for this year:

    [...]
  • Google announced to start interviewing candidates for their new lunar hosting and research center.

    [...]

    Things widely thought to be April Fools that actually weren't:

    [...]
  • The Associated Press reported that Google would launch an e-mail service with 1 GB of storage for each user.
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-Robert Jastrow

[This message has been edited by Mano (edited April 01, 2004).]
"For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries."
-Robert Jastrow
2004-04-01, 10:12 AM #19
Unless the hoax is that it isnt a hoax, in which case it really is a hoax.

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2004-04-01, 11:54 AM #20
Google: 'Gmail' no April fool's joke; lunar jobs posting is


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2004-04-01, 12:06 PM #21
Hopefully their new look is a hoax.

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