Microsoft against Gmail

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Seems like Microsoft lost patience and has come out for an open attack against Gmail. "Gmail Man" is the single greatest Microsoft ad ever made, but it isn't even an ad. Rather, it's a humorous internal video—aimed at Microsoft's own sales people—that positions its Office 365 service as a better alternative to Google's Gmail. The rationale is simple: Google reads every single email message that passes through Gmail and then generates context-sensitive ads that appear in the Gmail web client. Read more - and don't forget to watch the funny video