In a message dated 17.Mar.05 12:20:05 US Mountain Standard Time, 
craigwhite@azapple.com writes:

Apologies for the HTML-- damn client.

>#3 - you get good karma for promoting Gmail? get serious

Well, I meant "you don't get more space, or a financial benefit."  Indeed, 
adding more Gmail users means I'd probably take a hit as it adds a drain on 
their systems for when I want to enjoy it.

>#4 - general interest - cover language for ignoring the fact that
>     all users on this list already have an email address.

Does that mean they don't want another one?  Or one with the specific options 
Gmail has?  My ISP gives me a piss-poor email offering.  If it's not saved 
locally, it's self-deleted after 7 days once read, 30 days otherwise.  I also 
bet the mailbox is way smaller than 1G.  I was very pleased when I got an invite 
from someone on GideonTech.  I also liked that since I got in fairly early, I 
could get the address I wanted.

>#5 - I would suspect that most of the list users here want sex...
>     would that justify promoting that fact here? Gmail is not
>     about Linux or using Linux.

It's something to do with the Linux box.  Also, doesn't there exist a "Gmail 
as network storage" driver now, which sort of needs an account?  I know one 
exists for Win32, I'd expect one does for Linux.

>commercial interests of Google to spread the
>     word of their product offering. Don't forget, drug dealers give
>     away drugs to get customers. Apple gave .mac accounts away for
>     free for a while and then switched to revenue. Google is a
>     corporation and profit is their motive - not altruism.

Well, if they go pay, then everyone with invites gets as screwed as the 
people recieving them.  It doesn't mean it wasn't nice while it lasted.  Did the 
people who had the free .mac or the free pills wish they hadn't given them any 
for free?

While Google may not have a noble goal in offering the service, the people 
who are offering invites do.  As I said earlier, we get nothing beneficial for 
promoting it, so the primary reason one does so is kindness.  What's in it for 
me to pimp Gmail?

Aside:  50 invites, come and get 'em.

Say, list stats-- at what point does this debate eat more words than the 
original invite offerings did?
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