
Paul Buchheit, Creator of Gmail
The Social Radars
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Gmail Almost Didn't See the Light of Day
Gmail almost didn't see the light of day and it almost did not get launched within Google. There were a lot of people who thought the project should be scrapped. The way Gmail behaved as an application was unusual at the time because it was the first of that thing. Even doing the whole thing in JavaScript is very controversial.
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