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Gates' Resolve in Bringing Spammers to Justice

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-care-about-justice-just-a-clean-inbox dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It didn't seem to me like any single company had the stomach to keep after the scum that are ruining the Net for the rest of us. Unless that company is Microsoft. Since the beginning of 2003, Microsoft has filed 96 lawsuits against spammers, and 119 lawsuits against phishers. By any measure, 215 lawsuits constitutes a legal juggernaut. "

3 of 325 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Signs? by Zedrick · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But.... what will we talk about then?? Star Wars isn't out yet, and Linus can't release a new kernel every few hours.

    How about the latest Gentoo install disk?

  2. in case it's lost on anyone by sacrilicious · · Score: 1, Redundant
    It didn't seem to me like any single company had the stomach to keep after the scum that are ruining the Net for the rest of us. Unless that company is Microsoft.

    Oh the irony.

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  3. Well done by EvilNutSack · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I can't bring myself to cheer wildly for Microsoft but I can do a muted golf-clap.

    *clap*
    *clap*
    *clap*

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