Has Microsoft 'Solved' Spam?

MsWillow writes to tell us the Seattle PI is running a story looking back at Bill Gates promise to have the spam problem "solved" in two years. Well, it looks like time is up, and the verdict is -- an emphatic "maybe". From the article: "Microsoft says it sees things differently. To "solve" the problem for consumers in the short run doesn't require eliminating spam entirely, said Ryan Hamlin, the general manager who oversees the company's anti-spam programs. Rather, he said, the idea is to contain it to the point that its impact on in-boxes is minor. In that way, Hamlin said, Gates' prediction has come true for people using the right tactics and advanced filtering technology."

Comments

Not Spam Anymore

[Ranger]

I think Microsoft's solution to spam is the similar to the Bush administrations solution to torture. They redefined it. It's not spam. It's not torture. Problem solved.

I'll bet this gets modded troll or flaimbait.