[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/11/2004 10:37:00 AM: > I don't think the invite only system was a marketing thing, but more > of a technical one. > > Google are very careful with new features; putting them in public beta > for a long time, gathering feedback etc. They are progressively > introducing POP access for Gmail, you may or may not have it yet. > > The invite system let's them control the signup rate and load. Imagine > how much disk they would have to buy if they just opened the > floodgates and expect 1,000,000 users within the first six months? > That a max of 1,000,000GB.
Yes, Still say underlining principal was marketing as it HAS worked effectively imho. But.. I do agree, as if anyone here has been on the WorldOfWarcraft.com Beta, would know that opening up to general public in an open way, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad things happen. That server went down more times then Paris Hi...thats another discussion for another time. > Thats 1 petabyte of required storage. :) (mmmm, petabyte...droool) > Sure not everyone will be using 100% quota etc, but that is the > ceiling. > > This lets them scale efficiently; they probably looked at the history > of hotmail and said "hmmm, lets do this right". Yes, by not inviting Microsoft to the party! ehhehe. > But then again, the marketing dorks might have had a say in the process. They are not DORKS... they have a name, "Consumer Marketing Analyst & Customer Relationship Rearch-n-Development weener" - ie the same cast of peopel who thought "Telstra and unlimited* download plans " was a good idea. (note the * part of that string). Scott > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:40:28 +1000, Scott Barnes > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > GMAIL has to be the smartest marking campaign to date, the whole "its > > invite only, sorry". It entices people to go "ooer, if its invite then i > > want one, because i don't want to be left out" even though its a classic > > pyramid scheme anyway (ie if you signup, and you get 5 other friends to > > signup, then you will be cool). The only thing stopping it from being > > illegal would be a reward of some kind for getting friends to signup. > > > > Gotta love google, smart folks there. > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ To unsubscribe from this email please forward this email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email message is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please forward the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete the original. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited and its associates hold or may hold securities in the companies/trusts mentioned herein. Any general advice included in this email has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on the advice, you should consider its appropriateness or discuss with one of our investment advisors. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited (ABN 49 010 669 726 AFSL 235410) A Participant of ASX Group .A principal member of the Financial Planing Association . --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
