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by throwaway729 3483 days ago
> Google's dominance in advertising couldn't occur without the product mix.

This is absolutely accurate.

Google is what it is because google.com is the best search engine in the world and because GMail is the best web-based mail client -- free or otherwise.

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free or otherwise.

Correct, which is why many people have gmail for personal use and google apps gmail for professional.

I can't use Outlook or Yahoo Mail; that's not due to a lack of trying.

There are better alternatives. I use Fastmail.com.
I'd take Zimbra over Gmail any day.