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

Re:Same way they solved Virii

[Soruk]

From what I remember from my Latin classes, the -a ending for neuter plurals is 2nd declension. "domus" is instead 4th declension, but an irregular one, in that the plural can be either -us (as in regular 4th declension) or -i (following 2nd declension). I can't think of any "regular" 4th declension words off the top of my head, but due to its irregularity, "domus" wasn't a good choice for an example :-)

Re:Same way they solved Virii

[WilliamSChips]

Actually, "domus" is female. Were virus a fourth-declension neuter, it'd be viru, without the s, just like cornu. Virus is a second-declension neuter ending in -us. That makes it really weird, as only a few other nouns decline like it, and none of them have plurals. So viruses.

Re:Supply and Demand?

[dknight]

I've ranted on that very topic myself.