#1 Gmail - Sistema de e-mails de Google
http://gmail.google.com/
Google Gets the Message, Launches Gmail
User Complaint About Existing Services Leads Google to Create Search-
Based Webmail
Search is Number Two Online Activity ? Email is Number One;"Heck, Yeah,"
Say Google Founders
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 1, 2004 UTC - 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.
The inspiration for Gmail came from a Google user complaining about the
poor quality of existing email services, recalled Larry Page, Google
co-founder and president, Products. "She kvetched about
spending all her time filing messages or trying to find them," Page
said. "And when she's not doing that, she has to delete email like crazy
to stay under the obligatory four megabyte limit. So she
asked, 'Can't you people fix this?'"
The idea that there could be a better way to handle email caught the
attention of a Google engineer who thought it might be a good "20
percent time" project. (Google requires engineers to spend a day a week
on projects that interest them, unrelated to their day jobs). Millions
of M&Ms later, Gmail was born.
"If a Google user has a problem with email, well, so do we," said Google
co-founder and president of technology, Sergey Brin. "And
while developing Gmail was a bit more complicated than we
anticipated, we're pleased to be able to offer it to the user who asked
for it."
Added Page, "Gmail solves all of my communication needs. It's fast and
easy and has all the storage I need. And I can use it from
anywhere. I love it!"
Today, a handful of users will begin testing the preview version of
Gmail. Unlike other free webmail services, Gmail is built on the idea
that users should never have to file or delete a message, or struggle to
find an email they've sent or received. Key features of Gmail
include:
Search: Built on Google search technology, Gmail enables people to
quickly search every email they've ever sent or received. Using
keywords or advanced search features, Gmail users can find what they
need, when they need it.
Storage: Google believes people should be able to hold onto their mail
forever. That's why Gmail comes with 1,000 megabytes (1
gigabyte) of free storage ? more than 100 times what most other
free
webmail services offer.
Speed: Gmail makes using email faster and more efficient by
eliminating the need to file messages into folders, and by
automatically organizing individual emails into
meaningful "conversations" that show messages in the context of all the
replies sent in response to them. And it turns annoying spam e- mail
messages into the equivalent of canned meat.
According to Page and Brin, Google will make the preview test version of
Gmail available to a small number of email aficionados. With luck, Gmail
will prove popular to them ? and to the original user who
sparked the idea.
Those interested in learning more about Gmail can visit
http://gmail.google.com
la verdad algo revolucionario, van a dejar 1gb de espacio para que los usuarios puedan guardar todos los mails que se les cante, cabe aclarar que 1gb no es la cantidad de gb que podes transferir en un mail, sino la capacidad de almacenamiento que podes tener en la casilla. User Complaint About Existing Services Leads Google to Create Search-
Based Webmail
Search is Number Two Online Activity ? Email is Number One;"Heck, Yeah,"
Say Google Founders
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 1, 2004 UTC - 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.
The inspiration for Gmail came from a Google user complaining about the
poor quality of existing email services, recalled Larry Page, Google
co-founder and president, Products. "She kvetched about
spending all her time filing messages or trying to find them," Page
said. "And when she's not doing that, she has to delete email like crazy
to stay under the obligatory four megabyte limit. So she
asked, 'Can't you people fix this?'"
The idea that there could be a better way to handle email caught the
attention of a Google engineer who thought it might be a good "20
percent time" project. (Google requires engineers to spend a day a week
on projects that interest them, unrelated to their day jobs). Millions
of M&Ms later, Gmail was born.
"If a Google user has a problem with email, well, so do we," said Google
co-founder and president of technology, Sergey Brin. "And
while developing Gmail was a bit more complicated than we
anticipated, we're pleased to be able to offer it to the user who asked
for it."
Added Page, "Gmail solves all of my communication needs. It's fast and
easy and has all the storage I need. And I can use it from
anywhere. I love it!"
Today, a handful of users will begin testing the preview version of
Gmail. Unlike other free webmail services, Gmail is built on the idea
that users should never have to file or delete a message, or struggle to
find an email they've sent or received. Key features of Gmail
include:
Search: Built on Google search technology, Gmail enables people to
quickly search every email they've ever sent or received. Using
keywords or advanced search features, Gmail users can find what they
need, when they need it.
Storage: Google believes people should be able to hold onto their mail
forever. That's why Gmail comes with 1,000 megabytes (1
gigabyte) of free storage ? more than 100 times what most other
free
webmail services offer.
Speed: Gmail makes using email faster and more efficient by
eliminating the need to file messages into folders, and by
automatically organizing individual emails into
meaningful "conversations" that show messages in the context of all the
replies sent in response to them. And it turns annoying spam e- mail
messages into the equivalent of canned meat.
According to Page and Brin, Google will make the preview test version of
Gmail available to a small number of email aficionados. With luck, Gmail
will prove popular to them ? and to the original user who
sparked the idea.
Those interested in learning more about Gmail can visit
http://gmail.google.com
