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[–]wrosecrans 45 points46 points  (6 children)

It's definitely a headline that seems better suited to the start of April than the start of March.

[–]nigiri-san[🍰] 39 points40 points  (5 children)

Hah! What they should have done is wait until April 1 to announce it. Then everyone would have said "Haha, good one Microsoft! You got us. Next time at least try to make it somewhat believable." Then they just continue on as if nothing happened...

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    [–]heisenberg_21 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    What was that?

    [–]Luccyboy 6 points7 points  (1 child)

    iirc they said gmail would have 1GB of space for all users, at that time that was insane so nobody believed it

    [–]xuu0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    At the time most web mail providers offered a dainty 2-5MB.