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(API) November 25, 2002 Waynespress International

Microsoft Corporation recently 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 intending to place 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.



"Windows XP has detected that the mouse has moved.
Please restart your computer for these changes to take effect."



Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves.



An oxymoron: "Microsoft Works"



A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head.



www.rinkworks.com/stupid Computer Stupidities.

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/1047231&mode=thread&tid=133

ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/1047231&mode=thread&tid=133 Tech Jokes.



i-want-a-website.com/about-linux James Baughn's Humorix site.



www.linuxgazette.com/issue45/orr.html Linux Humor in the Linux Gazette by Mike Orr.



Windows 2000 Source code Please don't look at this source code if you are a Linux developer. If it looks a bit light on it is because M$ decided to take out the BSD stuff that holds it together before they gave it out as Shared Source.



There are lies, damn lies, and TCO studies.



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