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**hacker15** · 03-19-2008, 03:20 PM

This is a spoof - it's not true, but it sure sounds like something The Evil Empire would try to pull off!

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.

zep_1 · 03-19-2008, 03:40 PM

linux rocks! FC8

Ishpeck · 03-19-2008, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by hacker15

Microsoft announced that it is selling advertising space in the error messages that appear in Windows.

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No, this is another reason to run BeOS. And barring that, Haiku.

Haiku Project

03-19-2008, 03:20 PM	#1
hacker15 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 3,472	Another Reason To Run Linux! This is a spoof - it's not true, but it sure sounds like something The Evil Empire would try to pull off! 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. __________________ If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain

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03-19-2008, 03:40 PM	#2
zep_1 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 15	linux rocks! FC8