Stemming the tide of spam

Three years ago Bill Gates predicted the spam problem would be solved by 2006. Now it's worse than ever. How did he get it so badly wrong?

As forecasts go, it proved about as accurate as the apocryphal quote of a former IBM chairman who once famously foresaw a worldwide market for five computers.

» Siliconrepublic.com - Gordon Smith - 14-06-2007

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