Flashback: French Chortles at Notion of Gmail

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We just thought this was funny. And it wasn’t that long ago, either.

In April 2004 Garrett French of Web Pro News wrote a post about Google’s announcement of GMail – which, in Google’s “loose, freewheeling” style, fell just before April Fool’s Day.

“How long,” French scoffed, “would it take before that ocean of email burst from the Google server farm and sank Washington?”

*Observes moment of silence for nostalgic wave*

Funny how standards can change.

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