The reason behind Gmail invites
Someone finally finds the real reason why Gmail doesn’t just go public. Thanks Alex and Robert (Scoble)!
I met Chris Uhlik of Google. He’s the program manager of Gmail and the Google Toolbar and a few other things…I asked him why they only give out a few Gmail accounts at a time. Remember, I thought it was sheer marketing genius. Turns out it wasn’t. Turns out they don’t have enough server capacity to deal with everyone who wants an account. So, when they buy a new server and get it installed they hand out another round of invites.
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