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[Fwd: FW: MICROSOFT TO SELL AD SPACE IN ERROR MESSAGES]



 

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Microsoft 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 "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.
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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