End of free E-mail?

[Joy Schwarz]

Andrew -

You may want to read the "Important announcement to all Hotmail members" from 
Sabeer Bhatia (President and CEO of Hotmail) regarding the merger of Hotmail 
and Microsoft at <http://207.82.250.251/cgi-bin/html/welcome.nowms.html>.

Here's an excerpt:
  Fifth, the basic Hotmail service will always be free. While we will offer 
  premium services for a modest charge from time to time, Hotmail email remains 
  free - just as it has always been. 

Here's hoping he defines "always" the same way I do!

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On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, MRSCLIST wrote:

> I just read that Microsoft bought up Hotmail. Is this the end of free 
> e-mail as we know it?
> 
> Andrew Derby
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