With it’s impressive Akismet application, Automattic, Inc. (who also make a little blogging platform known as WordPress), have pretty much cornered the market in terms of website spam filtering. So, when a new product is introduced, do they go the Microsoft way and try to block any and all attempts at that product to gain a foothold in their “house”? No. Instead, they welcome the competition, saying “it’s hard to have a market with one player”.

Kudos!