Google to Unveil Free E-Mail ...they will be offering 1 GB of storage (as compared to services like Hotmail/Yahoo, which are only offering 1 - 2 MB). An important distinction about Google compared to other "search engines" - Google isn't about search. They're about finding and using. This announcement validates that: "Rosing said the company arrived at the 1 GB figure by estimating how much storage an average user would need to store up to a decade's worth of e-mail. "It's a new paradigm where you don't delete your e-mail," said Rosing. Instead, users would leave all their messages on Google's server and search through them as needed. "
Random thought - curious if this is an April Fools thing. Update - apparently it's, confirmed as true.