Comment Re:PR "Stuff" from Fireeye (Score 2, Insightful) 206
I think you miss another important aspect of this "war"... As in fighting a guerilla army, you usually end up being on the less effective side of the conflict due to rules and regulations that one tends to be bound by, whereas a guerilla army usually couldn't care less about the rules. Spammers do not care about breaking rules, regulations, and protocols, so they can play very dirty whenever they want (and botnets are a clear example of that). Offensive action against them is usually still bound by some rules, and thus they have a natural advantage. Spammers do not care about any collateral damage... System administrators and othe people fighting the spammers usually do have to care about collateral damage.