[Am-info] Windows XP at the Post Office

[Erick Andrews]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 13:43:24 -0600, John Bryan wrote:

>I, too, saw these at my local post office.  Wondered what the hell MS 
>promotional material was doing at the letter drop boxes.  Pondered for a 
>moment to slide it into the nearby recycle bin....
>So how does a company that has been successfully sued, tried, convicted, 
>(but alas not penalized), by the federal government itself, get to place 
>its promotional material in federal post offices???
>Is this space freely available for anyone??  Since when? If not, then 
>what transpired that this company be able to do so?  Can other companies 
>do the same thing then?  The only thing from MS I can think of to 
>display in the post office is a photo of Gates, et al. in the Most 
>Wanted criminals section.
>

ROTFLOL !!

I don't know the answer to your questions though.  Next time
I see my friendly folks at the local USPS, I'll ask them what they 
know.  Maybe the USPS sells space, like billboards.  They have
been looking more each year like gift shops.

-- 
Erick