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From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk@xxxxxxx>
Date: October 29, 2004 3:21:45 PM EDT
To: declan@xxxxxxxx, dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Fwd: SPAM, ABUSE, BLOCK: Steve Ballmer spams domain registration database

This isn't all that surprising: Microsoft has a long history of sporadic
spamming and is well-known for its unflagging support of spammers (via
Hotmail, BCentral, etc.).

Still...this is rather over-the-top even for them.

---Rsk


----- Forwarded message from Bob Poortinga <ihatespam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -----

Date:         Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:10:04 -0500
From: Bob Poortinga <ihatespam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: SPAM, ABUSE, BLOCK: Steve Ballmer spams domain registration database
To: SPAM-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sigh.  M$ FUD spam sent under Steve Ballmer's name to an email address
which is only used as a domain registration contact. Of course, it does not even comply with the most rudimentary requirements of the You-CAN-SPAM
act.  Additionally, there are no line breaks within paragraphs.  Yuck.

I'm sure that if I report them to their upstream, they'll be unplugged ;-p
I suppose that I should post this to NANAS for future reference.

--
Bob Poortinga  K9SQL
Bloomington, Indiana  US

"the Internet interprets spam as noise and suppresses it"

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From: Steve Ballmer <steveballmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Customer Focus: Comparing Windows with Linux and UNIX
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In the thousands of meetings that Microsoft employees have with customers around the world every day, many of the same questions consistently surface: Does an open source platform really provide a long-term cost advantage compared with Windows? Which platform offers the most secure computing environment? Given the growing concern among customers about intellectual property indemnification, what's the best way to minimize risk? In moving from an expensive UNIX platform, what's the best alternative in terms of migration?

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