[Spambayes] Two Stage Plan

Gary Robinson grobinson at transpose.com
Wed Dec 18 07:36:58 EST 2002


Another thought in response to your response.

Again, there is a natural reluctance to all get behind one solution.

But you know what? We don't have a choice.

Microsoft will choose a solution and all Microsoft users will use it. And
because Microsoft has enough umph, that solution will work very well for
those users.

Yes, if you buy Windows, you will have your spam problem solved to a great
degree. 

But if you don't have Windows, then..., er..., your email might not get
through because Microsoft will be filtering spam for good upright Microsoft
customers. They'll say they are doing the best they can, but can't control
what non-MS users do, so can't control whether they're email gets through to
non MS users. At the same time, mysteriously, all the tools won't be
available for non-MS vendors to create fully compatible email clients and
servers. These barriers will almost certainly include patents.

So, IMO, there isn't really a choice. A single solution will emerge; there
is no question about it because MS has the motivation and means to provide
it. And it will work great for 90% of users (the ones who use Windows and
Outlook on their desktops). It will exist within a year are two. The ONLY
question is whether that single solution is, at its core, one more tool to
increase the power of MS's monopoly, or whether it's something that the rest
of the world can participate in too.

--Gary


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> From: "T. Alexander Popiel" <popiel@wolfskeep.com>
> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 22:29:45 -0800
> To: Gary Robinson <grobinson@transpose.com>
> Cc: SpamBayes <spambayes@python.org>, popiel@wolfskeep.com
> Subject: Re: [Spambayes] Two Stage Plan
> 
> In message:  <BA2537B7.1ADF5%grobinson@transpose.com>
>            Gary Robinson <grobinson@transpose.com> writes:
> 
>> Well, the whole key to the idea is that people would get behind it. Some
>> irrational cranks are always expected, of course, no matter how worthy an
>> idea is. The question is whether a LOT of people can get behind it.
> 
> Hrm, this mailing list seems to be filled with a lot of irrational
> cranks, myself included.  I thought that one of the main features
> of the spambayes approach is that we actually follow the data,
> instead of trying to coerce the data (or the mail-sending population)
> into supporting some particular classification scheme.  I guess
> we're just not into groupthink here.
> 
> - Alex
> 




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