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I think it's safe to say that Google never would have been the success that it is today, if they would have bought them. They just would have degraded it to so
by DominikR 12y ago
I think it's safe to say that Google never would have been the success that it is today, if they would have bought them.
They just would have degraded it to something like Altavista with tons of links and banners on the main page.
- wslh 12y agoYes, I agree mainly because you need a lot of freedom to follow the original Google path (gmail? adwords? google reader? pay per click?) and Google was a gamechanger. I imagine the new CEO saying that you need to put banners, pay per impressions, don't try to reinvent the wheel with gmail, etc.
- LaikaF 12y agoExcite already had a web mail product too. It's what I had before gmail.
- wslh 12y agoBut not like gmail. Remember that gmail was a gamechanger too: AJAX + Threaded Inbox including your sent e-mails.
- sesqu 12y agoNo one I knew cared about the ajax or the threaded inbox (sometimes considered anti-features). It was all about the gigabyte free space, with labels over folders a distant second.
- wslh 12y agoYes, you are right about the storage (now I can recall the feeling). But the main point remains valid: Google was a gamechanger.