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Anyone else get this?

Dear Gmail user,

This is Pamela Huggins from Hagen/Sinclair Research Recruiting, contacting you on behalf of Google.

Google is curious to know what Gmail users have to say about their experiences with Gmail. Therefore, we are sending you this one-time email invitation to participate in a paying market research discussion about Gmail.

We invite qualified Gmail users to attend a 90-minute focus group scheduled in St. Louis on Wednesday, July 13. Participants will receive a cash honorarium at the conclusion of the group to thank them for their time and input.

Because Google respects your privacy and wants to maintain a low marketing profile with its users, this invitation will not be repeated. Also, no sales contacts will result from participation in the research.

If you would like to take part in a discussion, please reply to this email, answering the questions below. We will only contact you a second time if you reply to this email indicating your interest, and are qualified to participate in the focus group.

Update: I did the questionaire…still haven’t heard anything.

Update: It’s ligit…I emailed Gmail abuse and got the following:

Hello,

Thank you for your message.

The message you refer to was sent by Google, we encourage you to inform us
about how we are doing.

We hope you enjoy Google’s approach to email.

Sincerely,

The Gmail Team

SlashDot had a post about Internet Archive today. I’d heard about the project before…but never really poked around. Well today I thought I’d go back in time a bit. Here are som interesting (earliest) ones:

Google.com:
Google Beta

Scripting.com:
Dec 1996
Java is a Brand
On Archive.org.

Apple.com:
System 7.5.5

Slashdot.org:
Dec 1997

Microsoft.com:
Publisher 97

Java.sun.com:
Announcing EJBs

I’m sure there are plenty more…but I gotta go home now