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MICROSOFT TO SELL AD SPACE IN ERROR MESSAGES

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.