Some people -- some friends -- are going to ask why I left a particular anti-spam mailing list after eleven and a half years, and what that means.

Here's a bit of a timeline:

With Microsoft's announcement that (in effect) Windows Update won't work anymore unless you've got a legal copy of Windows, some geeks in the anti-spam space are torn. Keeping Windows up to date is extremely important for both personal and Internet-wide security, but being forced to admit to Microsoft that you paid for their software is an outrage to the knee-jerk anti-Microsoft crowd (and just feels kinda slimy to the rest of us.)

So, what's the morality here?

I'd think that from Microsoft's point of view, they'll win either way.

Politically and technically accurate (or close enough for a wide audience) -- very nice change after the rash of lame articles we've seen recently.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/07/14/microsoft-yahoo-spam-cx_fr_0714spam.html?partner=rss