Doug's Inner Net News
News and views from a software developer's perspective
Friday, May 10, 2002
A new twist on spam: ask fans to send the unsolicited mail for you, then deny that the company is sending spam. Technically, when a company asks fans to send a chain letter to their friends, the company is not sending spam. Of course, the company will still provoke the same ill will as it would have if it had sent spam.
News and views from a software developer's perspective
Friday, May 10, 2002A new twist on spam: ask fans to send the unsolicited mail for you, then deny that the company is sending spam. Technically, when a company asks fans to send a chain letter to their friends, the company is not sending spam. Of course, the company will still provoke the same ill will as it would have if it had sent spam.
8:46:34 AM 
Microsoft program meets some resistance. With a summer deadline looming, about two-thirds of the company's largest customers have not signed up for the new Software Assurance program. [CNET News.com]
Companies will pay more licensing fees to Microsoft to upgrade their office software to get new features that no one needs or uses. It doesn't make sense. Most companies would be doing just find with Office 95.
8:37:40 AM 