Lead or get out of the way…
Google (via GMail) has been doing this like since the beginning of time. This is why, incidentally, Yahoo and HotMail (now Windows Live Mail and an annoying piece of Windows centric crapware) has lost so MANY users to the 20-steps-ahead GMail web app that’s oh so addictive. BTW, I like Yahoo’s new YMail.com addys. It has a nice ring to it. Yes, I know Yahoo offered these goodies “back then” for a $19.95 yearly premium. But how can you compete against FREE? Seriously! One other thing…I can tell a lot about a person by the email provider he/she keeps. If they’re with Yahoo or Hotmail, I know they’re behind the times and most likely are not risk takers with new technologies. That’s just a generalization though, which might get me into some hot water. Oh well!

The good ‘ole days…
Anyhow, I can’t really knock Yahoo too much since I lost my Internet virginity with them back when I was studying Computer Science. We frequently used the GAUL labs (Middlesex College building) with its expensive Sun Microsystems workstations running the powerful and sexy Solaris flavour of UNIX.  Boy, those were truly great times, and Yahoo’s innovative directory was my portal into Cyber Space. For that, I will always be grateful to Yahoo. I’m still kicking myself for not buying stock when they first went public. Oh well!

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