The start of the internet revolution saw a series of useful tools make their way into our homes. Without a doubt, one of those tools was webmail. It completely revolutionized the way we send and receive messages.

What used to take days and sometimes even weeks could now be accomplished in a matter of seconds! Of course, one of the very first sites to spur the revolution for free webmail was www hotmail com.

In fact, Hotmail’s popularity as a free webmail service actually grew faster than any media company in history to precede it! Yes indeed, people found the service that useful!

Even better: Microsoft took notice and offered to purchase Hotmail from its founders for the staggering amount of $400 million!! The founders accepted…. happily.

What’s even more insane is that the deal took place only a year after Hotmail’s founding in 1996. Think about it, You start a company today and sell it for nearly half a billion a year later!

In any case, Microsoft definitely got their money’s worth. Hotmail would continue growing into becoming the world's largest web mail service by February of 1999!

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