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Gmail to surpass Hotmail in seven months

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Old 08-18-2009
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Gmail to surpass Hotmail in seven months

Gmail launched as an invitation-only beta in 2004 and has grown a steady following since its release to the general public in 2007. Now, Google's web-based mail service has taken AOL's spot at number three for the most popular online email service and is showing no signs of slowing down. It is poised to overtake Hotmail - which has been around for over a decade.

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Been using Gmail since 04 and haven't turned back :-) . Still have some hotmail/yahoo accounts laying around thou that I use occasionally. Google is taking over the world!


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I have also been using Gmail since 04 and have yet to turn back. :)
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Old 08-18-2009
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I have been using Yahoo mail since before Google was a gleam in the internet eye and I'm still quite happy with it.
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Old 08-19-2009
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Google is much too large, very pompous and just plain evil. Sounds like Apple.
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I still like my hotmail account....
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