... into money. Need more CPU --- install a Linux cluster to send E-mails. Turing test? Set up a sweatshop. Yes, it will cut down on the amount of spam but won't eliminate it. It will be more expensive to mass E-mail, but more worth it: if you only get, say, 4 unsolicited messages per day you may even read them before deleting.
In the end it will mostly hurt the legitimate mailing lists. They will have to institute membership fees.
The net result: the end user will pay. So why not stick to end-user filtering?
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... into money. Need more CPU --- install a Linux cluster to send E-mails. Turing test? Set up a sweatshop. Yes, it will cut down on the amount of spam but won't eliminate it. It will be more expensive to mass E-mail, but more worth it: if you only get, say, 4 unsolicited messages per day you may even read them before deleting.
In the end it will mostly hurt the legitimate mailing lists. They will have to institute membership fees.
The net result: the end user will pay. So why not stick to end-user filtering?
As the news article states, Motorola plans to begin shipping HA Linux in May.