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Story: Microsoft dodges anti-spyware charge accusations

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So Mr. Gates now feels it necessary to charge the long-suffering users of his Operating Systems for what is, at least in theory, a solution to a whole load of problems that weren't properly addressed by his software designers and developers in the first place.

Could this extra revenue be intended for use in Microsoft's 'war on spam'? I recall that Mr. Gates promised that he would 'rid the world of spam and viruses' not so long ago, could this be the first strike?

Or is the acquisition of this company and this latest scam, sorry, plan merely a convienient excuse to replace some of the profit that Microsoft feel compelled to redistribute to it's shareholders?

Call me cynical, but I'd go with the latter...

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