![]() It was the first time experts in different fields could communicate without having to rely on people and phone lines to do so. The name “Hotmail” was chosen out of many possibilities ending in “-mail” as it included the letters HTML, the markup language used to create web pages (to emphasize this, the original type casing was “HoTMaiL”). Hotmail symbolized “freedom” from ISP-based email and the ability to access a user’s inbox from anywhere in the world. This was a huge milestone not just in industry but in the world. ![]() The result was a computer program called “Arpanet” that enabled the two researchers to send memos to each other using a computer terminal. ![]() The rise of email as a popular means of communication can be traced back to the early 1970s, when two MIT researchers, Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith, were trying to figure out a way to send everyday memos between employees. What made Hotmail a popular email service? That being said, this excellent email service has since gone through several transformations that have reduced it to its current state.īefore we delve into these transformations, let’s look at what made Hotmail such an excellent email service in the first place. One could even say that without Hotmail, Gmail would have never been created. Hotmail and other similar services were instrumental in making email a prominent means of communication among individuals and businesses, and organizations. This was back in the early 2000s when the internet wasn’t as popular as it is today.
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