Microsoft Seeking Paid Spam Patent
from the sounds-familiar dept
theodp writes “On Thursday, the USPTO revealed that Bill Gates’ pay-to-spam scheme is patent-pending and calls for ISPs like MSN to receive a fee from both senders and recipients of spam.” Of course, as we mentioned when Gates first came up with this suggestion, others had talked about very similar things in the past, so it’s hard to see how this is patentable by Microsoft (the patent was filed a month after Gates’ talk). In the meantime, we’re still waiting to see all our spam go away, as Gates thought his plan would work within two years, which is a point we’ve almost reached. Maybe he was just waiting for the patent to come through.
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Katrina
What happened in New Orleans is a tragedy and the people there do need help. But let’s not forget the people of Florida who have not yet recovered from last years 4 hurricanes. They need as much help today as they did before Katrina. Don’t send all the funds to New Orleans
Peter Kuhn
Lakeland Florida
Re: Katrina
Dorpus is that you?