There was a slashdot thread on this. HILARIOUS hahaha. -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 10:34 AM To: CF-Community Subject: M$ gets caught again trying to pull a fast one.
WASHINGTON (AP) Who was that mysterious Windows user? Red-faced executives at Microsoft Corp. on Monday pulled a breezy advertisement purportedly by a free-lance writer who switched to using Windows software from the rival Macintosh, amid questions about whether the woman actually exists. An employee at a public relations company hired by Microsoft, Valerie G. Mallinson of Shoreline, Wash., later acknowledged she was Microsoft's mysterious convert. The Associated Press tracked Mallinson by examining personal data hidden within documents that Microsoft had published with its controversial ad [...] <http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/wire_story.html?uri=/dailynews/287/econo my/Microsoft_pulls_ad_after_Inter:.shtml> http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/wire_story.html?uri=/dailynews/287/econom y/Microsoft_pulls_ad_after_Inter:.shtml <<digitalMass at Boston.com.url>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
