On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:57:59 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Bill Gates says West not supplying enough IT talent
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | A shortage of information technology graduates from Western universities is
> | leading companies to call on developing countries to meet research demand,
> | Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Tuesday.
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> http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-11-07T174625Z_01_L07799513_RTRUKOC_0_US-MICROSOFT-TALENT.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C5-technologyNews-2
> http://tinyurl.com/u9bux
>
> Even if it were a truthful statement (rather than crocodile tears), wouldn't
> the abolishment/destruction of small companies for the wealth and wellbeing
> of closed, lockin-loving and lobbying-dependent monopolies (e.g. Intel,
> Cisco, Microsoft) be the explanation/cause? It's another case of ranting
> about a problem you created yourself. Similar example:
>
> Why I (Bill Gates) Hate Spam
>
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> | But spam is worse than irritating. It is a drain on business productivity,
> | an increasingly costly waste of time and resources that clogs
> | corporate networks and distracts workers...
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>
> http://tinyurl.com/8ne8o
>
> Reality:
>
> Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Four-fifths of spam now emanates from computers
> | contaminated with Trojan horse infections,
> | according to a study by network management
> | firm Sandvine out this week. Trojans and worms
> | with backdoor components such as Migmaf and
> | SoBig have turned infected Windows PCs into
> | drones in vast networks of compromised zombie PCs.
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/trojan_spam_study/
>
> Over 90% of email is spam, says Spamhaus founder
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | "If we were to turn our service off one
> | day then the spam levels on the internet
> | would literally bring the internet email
> | system down," he said.
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>
> http://legalit.itproportal.com/?p=299
In other words, Microsoft complains about problems it created itself. What
else is new?
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