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Hotmail (1996)
Free web-based email that Microsoft bought for $400M.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Tech
- Era
- Boom (1995 to 1998)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: A random card in your hand costs 1 less.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 3 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Tech cards bend the rules: more RAM, cheaper cards and patches that weaken the other side.
The site, in 1996
Free web-based email, reachable from any browser, founded in 1995 by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith.
It was one of the first webmail services. It reported 8.5 million subscribers by December 1997, when Microsoft bought it for a reported $400 million. It was fully replaced by Outlook in May 2013.
In 1996: Launched commercially on 4 July, with 2 MB of free storage and nine staff.
Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1996 page.
Put it on your site
Run Hotmail, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1996. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1996, then plays a short scene. Want Hotmail in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
