28 Aug 2008, 09:39 AM
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Cornerstone of the Community
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Seattle
Posts: 594
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Originally Posted by theog
Yahoo will not kill gmail as long as yahoo is attempting to install on the desktop. Desktop clients are dead... Outlook '07 has won that war. Period. On the other end, kids and 20 somethings want something on their phone... they don't need or want a desktop client (at least all the ones I know).
And if their online version is as slow as their demo, they don't have a chance against even a caveman with chalk and a cave. My yahoo mail times out every now and again (only service that does), so what else should I expect.
We won't even mention when Microsoft launches more Live products... along with integration of online live with Microsoft Office.
edit: my fault, seems IE 7 PRO was blocking portions of the site... zimbra runs fairly fast....
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Desktop Clients dead?
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