MIT Blackjack King Takes SMTP Public

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday May 2, 2011 @04:16AM from the connection-refused dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Semyon Dukach is at it again. Thumbing his nose at the establishment, that is. Dukach, a former leader of the MIT blackjack team, has taken his small company, SMTP, public today in the hopes of overturning the field of e-mail delivery and management. SMTP might sound boring, but it's the latest vehicle in Dukach's quest to 'make a couple billion and then try to help the world' (without the aid of venture capitalists or investment bankers). Given his track record, people might not want to bet against him."

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Blackjack team? by rossdee · 2011-05-02 04:18 · Score: 1, Funny

Do they go around casinos with concealed computers counting the cards and winning more than the house would like?
Re:Does anyone know... by Lost+Race · 2011-05-02 07:41 · Score: 5, Funny

They have a name cunningly designed to generate exploitable confusion in PHBs.
PHB: Have you heard of SMTP?
Engineer: Yes, of course.
PHB: Should we use it?
Engineer: We already do. Everybody does.
PHB: Ah, I see. Well, I'll get the new sales/support contracts signed and add it to the budget then.
Engineer: ???