[Am-info] OPEN SOURCERS REVOLT AGAINST MICROSOFT ANTI-SPAM PLAN

Fred Miller fmiller@lightlink.com
Wed, 8 Sep 2004 22:25:12 -0400


OPEN SOURCERS REVOLT AGAINST MICROSOFT ANTI-SPAM PLAN

Two prominent open-source software groups have rejected a proposed
technology standard backed by Microsoft Corp. that would close a
loophole used to send unsolicited commercial ("spam") e-mail, citing
unresolved patent and licensing issues with the standard known as Sender
ID.

http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=8934FC:1F5C3D3

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