Immediately below, we noted that MS's penchant for being an extreme capitalist organization put it at odds with market creation that requires participation in open standards that are beyond the (ownership and) control of any single organization. Well, more news: the Caller ID initiative (which may have had potential for addressing spam on a systemic level is tail-spinning into oblivion. The odd-coupling between MS and AOL on this plan appears officially over according to this from The Inquirer: AOL dumps sender ID.
What, this is a surprise?
Posted by Grayson at September 16, 2004 07:53 AM