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Bill Gates thinks Spammers are inovative but he think they will be extinct in two years time.

Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time, Microsoft boss Bill Gates has promised.

Spammers - senders of bulk e-mail that mostly offers dubious products or pornography - were innovative, he said.

However, a three-pronged strategy would soon stamp out the problem, he said in remarks at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.

He hailed search technology firm Google as a "great company"; its approach reminded him of Microsoft 20 years ago.

 

Microsoft's chief, estimated worth $46bn, is the US' richest man 

But he also predicted that Microsoft search technology would soon outpace that of its rival.

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