End of free E-mail?

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Perhaps the forthcoming FAQ could mention something about not posting 
*anti-Microsoft* propaganda on Web4Lib...

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Subject: Re: End of free E-mail? 
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Date:    1/8/98 1:47 PM


   
Perhaps the forthcoming FAQ could mention something about not posting 
Microsoft propaganda on Web4Lib... 
   
dk
   
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Thomas Dowling wrote:
   
> >I just read that Microsoft bought up Hotmail. Is this the end of free 
> >e-mail as we know it?
> > 
> Why, was MSIE the end of free browsers or IIS the end of free servers? 
> 
> The press release at
> http://www.microsoft.com/corpinfo/press/1997/dec97/hotmlpr.htm quotes a VP 
> at MSN: "Our goal is to combine the benefits of Hotmail with Microsoft
> services and technology to provide consumers the best combination of free 
> and premium e-mail services".
> 
> 
> Thomas Dowling
> OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network 
> tdowling at ohiolink.edu
> 
> 
>