> At Gmail's launch, Hotmail was offering only 2MB of free space, while Gmail was offering 1GB. At the time, that was a game changer, and how they captured a go

> At Gmail's launch, Hotmail was offering only 2MB of free space, while Gmail was offering 1GB. At the time, that was a game changer, and how they captured a good chunk of the market. The 1GB storage was so ridiculously large, that many assumed it was an April Fool's joke (also because GMail was launched on April 1st).