Comment Flamewar
Ok, it's not exactly a flamewar. But it's as close as I've ever seen here at the Things.
I was going to post this in the comments to my "I've got a Gmail account" entry below but I thought I'd put it here and let the "Gmail Sux/Rox: discuss" conversations flow into this entry's comments:
From Fury.com:
Today I took a look at the information you're required to supply before Yahoo, Hotmail, or Gmail will give you an email account:Yahoo
* First Name
* Last Name
* Zip code
* Gender
* Industry
* Job Title
* Specialization
* Birth Date
[] Send me special offers from selected Yahoo! partners (checked by default)Hotmail
* First Name
* Last Name
* Language
* Country
* State
* Zip Code
* Time Zone
* Gender
* Birth Date
* Occupation
[] which of 40 newsletters you want to receive in your inbox
[] which of 55 topics interst you, so that 'featured offers' from Hotmail partners can be delivered into your inboxGmail
* First Name
* Last
Fascinating.
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Now that IS VERY cool!
When you first mentioned your GMail account to me I thought: "So what's the big deal. It's just another HotMail or YahooMail."
But there are apparently some real significant differences between those and GMail. (So significant, in fact, that I may have to consider dumping my YahooMail account for GMail.)
Keep in mind, it's still in beta, so you can't just go and sign up.
That being said, current users get invitations they can send out from time to time. Anybody interested?
I'd be interested, if you've got an extra invite...