ISPs are one of the most vocal opponents of SPAM because it eats up their bandwidth. Yet, a lot of ISPs continue to allow their customers to send email out to the world on TCP port 25 with no restrictions. Huh?
I’m of the opinion that the ISPs need to take more responsibility for the email that is leaving their networks. If you are an ISP and you have SPAM zombie PCs on your network spewing thousands of outbound SPAM messages per day, then you need to shut them down. Continue reading
The Problem
Schools in Calgary have tight technology budgets. Back when the typical school had 20 computers, it wasn’t such a big deal to keep Windows 2000 running and virus free. But what happens when you have 200+ aging Windows 2000 machines? Clearly, the school can’t keep up on the technology treadmill. If they want more (or newer) PCs then they go to Computers For Schools and ask for more. The computers they receive are typically corporate cast-offs that are at least 4-5 years old and can barely run Windows 2000, let alone XP. Vista is completely out of the question! Continue reading
