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[Leon Brooks]

"Brenno J.S.A.A.F. de Winter" wrote:
> The following message I found on the Las Vegas Linux User Group. I found it to
> be so wierd, that I wanted to share this with you peeps.

>  25th July 1999

>  MICROSOFT TO SELL AD SPACE IN ERROR MESSAGES

>  Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced that it is selling advertising space
>  in the error messages that appear in Windows.
>  Acknowledging for the first time that the average user of their
>  operating system encounters error messages at least several times a
>  day, Microsoft is trying to take financial advantage of the unavoidable
>  opportunity to make an ad impression.

>  "We estimate that throughout the world at any given moment several
>  million people are getting a =91General Protection Fault=92 or =91Illegal
>  Operation=92 warning. We will be able to generate significant revenue by
>  including a short advertising message along with it," said
>  Microsoft marketing director Nathan Mirror. He also mentioned that
>  Microsoft is intended to add banner ads into its Blue Screen of
>  Death in the near future.

>  The Justice Department immediately indicated that they intend to
>  investigate whether Microsoft is gaining an unfair advantage in
>  reaching the public with this advertising by virtue of its
>  semi-monopolistic control over error messages.;-)
> --
> Cheers,

> Brenno J.S.A.A.F. de Winter
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