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From: R. Tolga Korkunįkaya (tolga@www.soc.metu.edu.tr)
Date: Mon 02 Aug 1999 - 05:39:58 EET DST
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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 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. 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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