I probably shouldn't be angry with Google since everything they offer is free but today they ticked me off twice because of their free but only available to certain special user policies. My basic response is that if they want to have free services available only to some people then I should be one of them... or I will do mean things to them like write that they are doing evil things with respect to Gmail and Google Analytics.

They offer a free analytics service but you need a special invitation code to get into it and you can only use Gmail with a different invitation code. In order to test a desktop search feature I needed a gmail account but I couldn't get one because they aren't freely available.

"You cannot log into Gmail using your Google Account username and password. Gmail is in a limited test period and is only available to a small number of people who are helping test and improve the service before it is made more widely available. If you have been asked to test Gmail and have not yet created a Gmail account, please click on the link in your invitation email."