Now This Is Something We Can ALL Get Riled About!

[2kitties]

This would really cramp my style. Just another reason I think Bill Gates is probably the devil. This could really cramp my style! To paraphrase, he wants you to have to buy a stamp for every single email you send. Just like regular mail, only less expensive of course.
Did I meantion I use MACINTOSH!!!?
Gates Proposes stamps for Email (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/03/05/spam.charge.ap/index.html)

[guster girl]

wow.

[Rottieluver45]

LOL!! I hope it never happens. If it does...I`ll...I`ll--boycott e-mail!!!!! :eek:

[IttyBittyKitty]

...he thinks to himself, "I only have 100 billion dollars. How to make more money without looking like greedy so-and-so. Think, Gatesy, think! Aha! Now I got it ..."

[CountryWolf07]

:rolleyes:

Bill Gates.. another crazy man with a lot of $.. ugh..

[CathyBogart]

Riiiiiight...It'll never work. :)

[carole]

Good Grief what next, yep the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, I hope it is only a rumour and never happens, as that will indeed cramp my style.

[moosmom]

Greedy #@$%&^*.


Bill Gates.. another crazy man with a lot of $.. ugh..

AND alot of time on his hands!!! Jerk! :mad: :mad:

[RICHARD]

what does an E-stamp taste like??

[catland]

yeah - next we'll be paying for television. and, and, radio. AARRGGHHHHHH

[koxka]

Originally posted by RICHARD
what does and E-stamp taste like??


Probably virtual ! :rolleyes:

[joycenalex]

through my internet service provider. i do not think i should have to pay again to be protected from spammers. put them out of business instead of bothering me. bill gates, fix it from the crooks end, don't misuse me.

[Logan]

I don't know that they can ever make this happen, but from what I understand the proposal would give you a certain number of "freebies", then you would pay 1 cent per email. It is not pointed at "us", the consumer, it is pointed at those huge mass mailers who flood our inboxes constantly.

Hate to pour water all over this and have a different opinion, but I would be glad to pay 1 cent to stop getting all the crap in my email!! :)

[ramanth]

Me on the other side of the coin. I run a Play By Email Club and this would hurt my members, most of which are young and I can see their parents forcing them to quit so they could save money.

I also do a lot of emailing in my rescue groups and for me, those pennies would add up. I'm no millionaire like Gates.

I REALLY hope it doesn't happen.

[G.P.girl]

i don't want that to happen! i really don't mind the spam, it all goes in to my bulk folder and i delete it. that all there is to it. and who would be getting all these pennies? little billy? sure....thats convientient (sp?)

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Did I meantion I use MACINTOSH!!!?


Me too, for many reasons.


yeah - next we'll be paying for television. and, and, radio. AARRGGHHHHHH

We do- cable (well, I don't. We don't watch enough TV to get cable) And as for radio, there is satellite radio that you pay for, but I don't know anyone who has it.

[ILoveReptiles]

Oh please. As if he doesn't already make enough money.

Someone really needs to knock this guy down a few pegs. He's out of control now.:mad:

[G.P.girl]

Well....you know poor Billy might not get the "richest man in the world" title if we don't pay for the emails....and we can't have that now can we? of course not. so see really it'squite logical that there is no other way to do this....:rolleyes:

*end sarcasm*:p

[minkyboodle]

The only way I can see this kinda working at all would be for certain servers.

Like if you had a very important email you wanted to send to someone and it needed to stay secure and stuff, I can see paying that just to make sure it doesn't get lost or misdirected.

But there isn't any way to charge people for email unless it is just off certain servers. How are they going to be able to know how many emails are getting sent off of my email server from home? Now that would be invasion of privacy....

[lv4dogs]

whats up with that? I mean we already pay for internet use (which is overpriced too), but paying to email too is outrageous. Ever notice how all the rich people want more money out of us poor folks!