[Am-info] MickySoft sending junk mail.

[Fred A. Miller]

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ROBERT X. CRINGLEY                              http://www.infoworld.com
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Monday, August 4, 2003


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By Robert X. Cringely(R)

Posted August 01, 2003 3:00 PM Pacific Time

"Form outage to outrage: Getbettermail.com, a sweepstakes site sponsored
by Microsoft, looks like a way to help the environment by reducing junk
mail. Just complete a survey about the software your company uses; if
you "win," Microsoft awards $10,000 to your favorite charity. But it's
really just a sneaky way to harvest IT information so Microsoft can
cold-call non-Windows shops. As of early June, it had made more than
250,000 calls. And how did the Redmond giant promote the site? By
sending junk mail, of course."

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Planet Earth - a subsidiary of Microsoft=AE.
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to you, at this time.