30gigs of email

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Ryan M.

Gmail Drive basically works by adding a network drive, so I'm not sure if Apache could handle that... however, if you were to get GmailFS to work on Linux (I've never managed to, but I've never tried too hard), it would appear to be part of the normal file system, so it should work fine.

I'm almost positive Apache on Windows wouldn't be able to. I'm going to try setting up my debian apache server to serve via GmailFS later.

[spadercool]

If anybody ever uses a terabyte in the next few years the world would probably come to an end

[coronado]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

http://www.mailnation.net/ is offering free 1 terabyte e-mail accounts.

cool .

[Mike]

Originally Posted by spadercool

If anybody ever uses a terabyte in the next few years the world would probably come to an end

I can't find the quote, but it was from a while ago. Some computer guy that said people would never need more then a megabyte of space.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Mike

I can't find the quote, but it was from a while ago. Some computer guy that said people would never need more then a megabyte of space.

Well, you can get Macintosh System 7 down just under 1mb, but that is an absolute minimum install. Still a pretty dang capable OS for being able to fit on a floppy.

[Mike AA]

Originally Posted by spadercool

If anybody ever uses a terabyte in the next few years the world would probably come to an end

Do you mean a terabyte of email or a terabyte of simple harddrive space on your computer? If I put all my video ( My ripped DVDS and first videos ) I could likely fill a terabyte. Between all my computers and backup CDs of the DVDs I have nearly 2 terabytes.

-Mike

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by Mike

I can't find the quote, but it was from a while ago. Some computer guy that said people would never need more then a megabyte of space.

It's often misquoted and also often attributed to Bill Gates, but here is what you are looking for. Obviously, as with most quotes on technology it is sorely outdated.

"DOS addresses only 1 Megabyte of RAM because we cannot imagine any applications needing more." --Microsoft, 1980, on the development of DOS.

[http://uptowncity.com/comedy/Great_Quotes/short.htm]

[Enterprize]

30 gigs of email would be completely useless at this point in time, as I'm only using 46 megs of mail at the moment and I save every conversation I have. 30 gigs of virtual hard drive though....well, to be honest I dont really need that cause I have 20 gig left on my main and 41 gig left on my other hard drive.

Besides, I'm completely infatuated with the gmail organization structure, so I'm not switching if I can help it.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

Some site is offering a terabyte. I'll try to find it. (You'll never use that much memory....[We'll be laughing at this statement in like 5-10 years...you know we will]).

Ha.

(Epic thread bump)

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by Gregor

Ha.

(Epic thread bump)

Currently using 2.1 GB in Gmail (and just 156 MB in my Drive). So, at least in my experience, that's still pretty outlandish.