[Am-info] MS pulls "misleading" ad

[T. Guilbert]

In a message dated 2003 March 24 (Monday), timestamp 09:17 PM, 
   on the topic Re: [Am-info] MS pulls "misleading" ad,
   Mitch Stone <mitch@accidentalexpert.com> wrote:

"|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.

"The secure software claims are currently unsubstantiated, the visual
representation, which creates the impression that Microsoft software
is secure, is misleading," the ruling said.

. . . Microsoft was asked to provide independently substantiated
information to back up their claims.

The objection to the ad was filed by journalist Richard Clarke, who
said several Microsoft Web servers and core operating systems were
"littered with vulnerabilities."

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