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Despite Gates' Prediction, Spam Far From a Thing of the Past

Posted by timothy on from the still-delicious-after-all-these-years dept.

Slatterz writes "Bill Gates declared in 2004 at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland that spam would be 'a thing of the past' within five years. However, Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, has written in a blog post that 'with the prophecy's five-year anniversary approaching, spam continues to cause a headache for companies and home users.'"

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  1. Who's shocked by this? by Daffy+Duck · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Seriously, when has a technical prediction made by Bill Gates or any Microsoft "spokesman" ever come true? For real, please point to one - I'll be glad to be enlightened.

    Financial predictions - that's another story. They can rig those. :)