[Am-info] Windows XP at the Post Office

[Joe Moore]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 01:31:42PM -0800, Mitch Stone wrote:
> --- From a message sent by John Bryan on 1/22/02 11:43 AM ---
> 
> >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.
> 
> The USPS apparently does some commercial promotion deals. I've seen 
> displays with Warner Bros. cartoon characters in the post office, but I 
> don't remember what the tie-in was. I'd like to look into the deal with 
> Microsoft, but can't really think where to start exactly.

Probably from their "looney toones" character stamp series.

It would be interesting to know what the advertising fees are for the Post
Office, and other places.

--Joe
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