GMail on steroids?

I just want to point out that if its true, 9 GB is enough to move my entire email history, work+private to GMail. 

Gmail Going Huge: 9000MB+

Reports we’re getting in the mail say that some Gmail users have seen their storage bumped to over 9GB today – 9030MB, to be exact. If not a glitch (and why would it be?), it means Google is playing catch-up with Yahoo, which now provides unlimited storage.