This an article entitled "Google, Microsoft and Apple building online storage havens: you win" I just found on digg.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070...ns-you-win.html

My comments:
- Yes, I suspected that ever-growing gmail storage space wouldn't last forever. Caveat: check this out:
"Gmail Going Huge: 9000MB+"
http://mashable.com/2007/08/09/gmail-going-huge-9000mb/

- They can promise you 50 GB of online storage, but if they are going to impose limits on the file size, that's going to make the whole thing worthless.

- I'll be sticking with my existing options for storing large files for now (skaffers.com and uploadingit.com, both of them free) unless and until I find a better service.