__/ [ alt ] on Tuesday 05 September 2006 23:13 \__
> On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:01:48 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Firms targeted in spam share scam
>>
>> ,----[ Snippet ]
>> | But Mr Cluley suggested that a long-standing north American culture of
>> | small-time day-trading has encouraged spammers.
>> |
>> | Millions of domestic e-mail clients allow automatic downloading of HTML
>> | e-mails that contain graphics which may link to spam.
>> `----
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5315718.stm
>>
>> Mr Cluley should have suggested that a long-standing culture of sloppy and
>> careless programming at Microsoft has encouraged spammers. It's sad that a
>> good proportion of today's industry stems from malware, spyware, frauds,
>> puraches (many people still follow spammy links), and so-called 'security
>> software'.
>>
>> Be sure to see the figure in the article:
>>
>>
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42051000/gif/_42051068_pumpdump_203x152.gif
>
> Maybe we should give Microsoft some sort of medal for creating new
> business opportunities for industry.....
>
> Yes... that was sarcasm folks....
So was the title in:
Microsoft Windows is Creating Jobs
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/08/04/windows-jobs/
Best wishes,
Roy
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