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Tuesday, 03/25/2003 7:31:25 PM

Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:31:25 PM

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there is hope for truth in advertising

apparently the marketing dept is moving just a bit faster than the r&d guys on microsoft's trustworthy computing initiative ...

[Johannesburg, 20 March 2003] - The Advertising Standards Authority of SA (ASA) has ordered that a Microsoft ad implying that its software will bring about the extinction of the hacker is to be pulled for being "unsubstantiated and misleading".

An objection was lodged by freelance journalist Richard Clarke, in his personal capacity, who complained that the advert was untrue. He claimed Microsoft software is littered with vulnerabilities.

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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2003/0303201315.asp?O=FPMS
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