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as if microsoft needs more breaks

The hearing officer was unmoved - and found him guilty on all 22 charges, ordering him to pay the full $1,100 in fines.
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Fabiano points in disgust to the way the city handled Microsoft's recent illegal ad blitz, which blanketed city sidewalks and subway stations with butterfly logos as part of a $30 million advertising campaign. In that case, the company last month was allowed to plead guilty to a single offense, paying a modest $50 fine.

originally posted by zagg

Posted by Adam on November 14, 2002 9:02 AM |

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not to mention the invasive should've-been-illegal flash ads they put at portals such as yahoo!, which continually crashed my computer.



people in the industry used to call this sort of thing "badvertising", i.e., a promotion that actually drives customers away.

Posted by: fertile_jim | November 14, 2002 1:17 PM

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