Since the software's launch, the company said, AOL has been able to reduce the amount of incoming spam by 20 percent as a result of members' spam reports.
Yahoo! Mail's Spamguard seems to be much more effective. Before using the spamguard, I was receiving nearly 10 spam mails per day. Now I get about 1 every two days.
[I] How is a law forcing government to "choose" open software better than Microsofts initiative forcing people to "choose" Microsoft?[/I]
From the article: [i]Free Software, also called Open Source, is itself a kind of open standard - its source code is its own reference. Developers of proprietary software can use that reference to create interoperating programs, without infringing on the actual Open Source code. Thus, [b]when a government uses Open Source, it assures its citizens a choice to purchase both proprietary and Open Source software for communicating with their government.[/b] The people's choice will be based on factors like functionality, quality, and convenience, rather than on customer lock-in. [/i]
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Since the software's launch, the company said, AOL has been able to reduce the amount of incoming spam by 20 percent as a result of members' spam reports.
Yahoo! Mail's Spamguard seems to be much more effective. Before using the spamguard, I was receiving nearly 10 spam mails per day. Now I get about 1 every two days.
The javascript on their search page is slow and clumsy in Mozilla, but works fine in IE. Strike one against Hotbot.
What is this...library... you speak of?
Is it anything like the Intarweb?
In fact, you might still be able to get a patent on the bra. I haven't seen a single example of prior art.
"And you're sister can wait an hour for the plane to land to hear about the cute guy sitting in 21-b." /me blushes ;)
[I] How is a law forcing government to "choose" open software better than Microsofts initiative forcing people to "choose" Microsoft?[/I]
From the article:
[i]Free Software, also called Open Source, is itself a kind of open standard - its source code is its own reference. Developers of proprietary software can use that reference to create interoperating programs, without infringing on the actual Open Source code. Thus, [b]when a government uses Open Source, it assures its citizens a choice to purchase both proprietary and Open Source software for communicating with their government.[/b] The people's choice will be based on factors like functionality, quality, and convenience, rather than on customer lock-in. [/i]