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[Josh Robinson]

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 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 European Commission 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.