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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced that it is selling advertising space in theerror messages that appear in Windows.Acknowledging for the first time that the average user of their operatingsystem encounters error messages at least several times a day, Microsoft istrying to take financial advantage of the unavoidable opportunity to make anad impression."We estimate that throughout the world at any given moment several millionpeople are getting a 'General Protection Fault' or 'Illegal Operation'warning.We will be able to generate significant revenue by including a shortadvertising message along with it," said Microsoft marketing director NathanMirror.He also mentioned that Microsoft is intended to add banner ads into its BlueScreen of Death in the near future.The Justice Department immediately indicated that they intend to investigatewhether Microsoft is gaining an unfair advantage in reaching the public withthis advertising by virtue of its semi-monopolistic control over errormessages.
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