[Am-info] MS pulls "misleading" ad

Mitch Stone mitch@accidentalexpert.com
Mon, 24 Mar 2003 21:17:23 -0800


It's a cultural thing I suppose. We expect advertising to lie to us.  
The South Africans just aren't as advanced in their thinking.

On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 07:22 PM, Eric M. Bennett wrote:

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> The ad seems rather innocuous to me...
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> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-South-Africa- 
> Microsoft.html
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