>Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 16:14:39
>Subject: [langalist] 19-Jul-99 LangaList
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>Just For Grins:
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>Reader Assaf Tzur-El sends in this gem:
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> 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.
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> "We estimate that throughout the world at
> any given moment several million people are
> getting a `General Protection Fault' or `Illegal
> Operation' 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.
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> 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.
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Received on Tue Jul 20 1999 - 05:21:54 BST