No More Spam?

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From ClickzNews: - If Bill Gates is correct, it may be the end of the world as we know it -- or the end of spam, anyway. - The founder of Microsoft predicted a spam-free world by 2006 in an interview with talk show host Charlie Rose in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, according to a company spokesman. The event occurred before a group of World Economic Forum participants. -
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prying1 sez:
The question really comes down to, "Will the Software engineers be able to come up with enough gimmicks to stop/slow down spam where it becomes unprofitable?"

OR

"Is there some way to punish the idiots that buy spammers crapola and thereby giving the spammers profits..."