BREAKING NEWS: Microsoft CEO Caught Sending Illegal Spam

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THE WASHINGTON POST HEADLINE:
Was Microsoft's e-mail message spam? Some people who got it think so

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By Jonathan Krim - The Washington Post
Article Published: November 5, 2004
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For a year, Microsoft Corp. has extolled the virtues of the Can-Spam Act, which Congress passed in late 2003 to crack down on purveyors of unwanted bulk e-mail. The company, with other Internet and marketing firms, helped craft the act and has sued several spammers under its provisions.

But Bob Poortinga thinks the software giant is engaged in its own spamming.

Last week, Poortinga got a lengthy "executive letter" from Microsoft chief executive Steven A. Ballmer touting Microsoft's Windows products for companies and other organizations.

The letter was one of a series sent by Microsoft to the technology community as part of a worldwide campaign by Microsoft to combat the growing popularity of the Linux operating system and other open-source software.