On April 1, 2004, Google gave us Gmail. Some thought it was a prank to offer 1,000 megabytes of free storage when Microsoft and Yahoo were at 2 megabytes to 4 megabytes for their free accounts. Google not only changed the world of free email that April Fools Day, they also rolled out the first high-volume Web application that was fast and efficient, and would pave the way for a revolution in application development.

Then on April 1, 2005, Google rocked the Web again by promising free capacity to "infinity plus one." This would change the way people think about the Web, personal storage, and Google's competitive position. (See the napkin that Google engineers supposedly used to hatch their plan below.)



Now in March, 2006, we again hear Google talking in terms of "no constraints," and "infinite storage, bandwidth, and CPU power."

April Fools Day is just 20 days from now. I wonder what Google has in store for us now?