In reply to Anonymous.

Microsoft has upped (or will be upping) their storage limits for hotmail.

"They started to turn storage, which many viewed as a commodity, into a differentiator," Richardson said. "The reality is that storage is becoming less and less expensive -- it's not something you should pick your e-mail system on. We want people to be able to pick their e-mail service on its overall quality."

I think the person quoted is wrong. When it comes to fee email, features are what you decided on. To me, storage is a feature. If two web based email systems had the exact same features except one offered more storage, which one would you go for?

All Microsoft has done is to slow the tide of users leaving. People are inerhently lazy. Why go through the hassle of switching to Gmail, if you have almost the same thing on Hotmail. Perhaps I should sign up for gmail. My hotmail is just a spam bucket right now anyway.