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Re: Microsoft suing spammers....Tilting at windmills?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Fri Dec 3 13:18:59 2004

Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 10:15:55 -0800
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
To: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20041203.060903.19773.40658@webmail15.lax.untd.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


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> It makes one wonder if an entity with as deep pockets and
> adept legal staff might actually make an impact on spammers,
> or if they are simply tilting at windmills.

Either way, it's a good thing.  It takes resources away from Micr0$0ft's
other legal pursuits which can't possibly be a bad thing.  It might =
actually
have an impact on spammers (which also can't possibly be a bad thing).

For once, I see this as a win-win proposition.

Owen


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