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I think so too, but it would definitely be a break from tradition. It seems that everyone has assumed that Gmail would eventually become open to the public ever since it was announced April 1.
Unfortunately, I've read that there are a couple people who already don't take Gmail seriously. They don't like how email is stored forever and (possibly) never deleted, and how targeted advertising appears by their emails.
Still, Gmail has a far better reputation than Hotmail so far.
Part of the reason Hotmail is tainted is that it's loaded with ads and gives you only 2 MB of space (for free). The ads are annoying banners for dating sites, etc. Since Gmail is very different from this, there's a good chance it won't share the same fate even when it becomes public.
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