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or for corporations to adopt the independent methods as a matter of convenience.
As you know, Reuters has teamed up with M$ to launch IM for its clients.
Reuters press release from March 2001 on the subject.
This could start the ball rolling towards a standard, leading more and more big corporations towards M$'s standard.
Given that some security features are introduced to keep the security of the larger companies internal messages, this might induce private users to join the network, and the ball is rolling.
I've heard the Reuters initiative is struggling to get acceptance amongst its clients, anyone who knows how far Bloomberg is getting along this route?
I have been using SPAMCOP to report SPAM. You can sign up (free) and then start reporting the spam you receive.
Advantage is that you don't have to do all the traceroutes etc yourself; they check the headers, report to appropriate admin accounts, abuse accounts etc.
There is even a tiny 'plugin thing' for MS Outlook that is really nice; plugs all relevant info into an email or to the clipboard.
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imagine the same havoc whenever software undergoing testing crashed...
should we not be happy that they actually DO proper and real testing before commercially launching the aircraft?
As you know, Reuters has teamed up with M$ to launch IM for its clients.
Reuters press release from March 2001 on the subject.
This could start the ball rolling towards a standard, leading more and more big corporations towards M$'s standard.
Given that some security features are introduced to keep the security of the larger companies internal messages, this might induce private users to join the network, and the ball is rolling.
I've heard the Reuters initiative is struggling to get acceptance amongst its clients, anyone who knows how far Bloomberg is getting along this route?
I have been using SPAMCOP to report SPAM. You can sign up (free) and then start reporting the spam you receive.
Advantage is that you don't have to do all the traceroutes etc yourself; they check the headers, report to appropriate admin accounts, abuse accounts etc.
There is even a tiny 'plugin thing' for MS Outlook that is really nice; plugs all relevant info into an email or to the clipboard.
Highly recommended!