"They say imitation is the best form of flattery, so Gmail, we thank you and we are indeed very flattered." - Gary Burd from Bookmarklet

Wow. I can't believe they would post something like this. - Paul Buchheit

Yah, I can't believe this would slip by their PR/marketing departments. So resentful and weird. - Bret Taylor

Written like a true has-been. - Dan Hsiao

Came across as bitter and resentful. Kinda like the second most popular girl in college getting turned down for harvard ( Legally Blonde Style). - Roberto Bonini

It's interesting that GMail then pulled the SMS gateway for technical reasons, I'm sure some conspiracy theories will be advanced - Casey Muller

Well, it *is* Halloween afterall. How about some sense of humor, guys? - Lawrence Liu

They seem to focus on features. With most products I want, usability > features. - Amit Patel

Consider: Halloween + Friday + a few drinks = "Oh no they did NOT just announce SMS messaging! We've had that for like a year! I'm totally blogging about this shit. Screw PR." - Andrew Bonventre

Aw, lighten up you guys. I think it's awesome that they're speaking their true feelings without a PR filter. And funny, if a bit sad. Plus, you know, many a famous comic has been no less bitter. - j1m

It's funny, but not in the way they intended :) - Paul Buchheit

I remember a year ago when AOL completely ripped off the Yahoo! frontpage. What hypocrites. - Aaron Krug

♫ Never gonna give you up/ never gonna stop those bills/ never gonna run around with your search logs (ok sometimes) ♪ - Philipp Lenssen

AOL has webmail? - Kevin Fox

Seriously though, check out the comments on that post. I think they'll get the message that their tone didn't quite hit the mark. - Kevin Fox

What a dick move, and from a search partner no less. - Josh Wills

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. That's the only response I can come up with. (said with a big L finger on my forehead) - Trish R

Sad. - abacab