In an interesting development for Gmail account holders, they can now mount their account as a linux file system thanks to GmailFS. According to the site (and various other testers I’ve spoken to), you can use all your standard unix commands to utilise that extra gig of off-site storage. Very nice.
Now imagine NFSing a bunch of gmail accounts together to provide near unlimited storage. It will happen. Oh yes, it will happen.
Even nicer than that though is the fact that I got a gmail account just yesterday (gary.fleming@gmail.com). Looking forward to trying out all these little toys.