[ILUG] Google Job

[John Moylan]

El Reg reckons that 1GB of storage only costs Google circa $2. So, the
scenario you mention is very plausible.

John

On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 19:49, Sean Rima wrote:
> Colm Buckley wrote:
> > On 1 Apr 2004, at 19:40, Adam Conway wrote:
> > 
> >> Which, according to the grauniad[1]:
> >> "However, there is a catch to the new service: Google's computers will 
> >> scan emails to deliver targeted advertising."
> > 
> > 
> > *Text-only* ads will appear alongside the email in pretty much the same 
> > way that they appear in the Google search results.  This is what enables 
> > us to keep the service free.  Personally, I think it's a lot better than 
> > having banner or pop-up ads on the email service.
> > 
> 
> The T/C mention:
> Gmail is a free service and includes 1,000 megabytes of storage with 
> each account.
> 
> If they give away 1gb of space for each account and end up with 1 
> million accounts, jezz think of all the HD space. Sounds like a joke to me.
> 
> Sean
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