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 jgs| '--' ` |
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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