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Microsoft Promotions Turn Up in USPS Offices

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the public-display-of-affection dept.

Several readers, like this Anonymous Coward, have written with links to a letter from Cliff Crouch on macintouch.com. "I stumbled across this letter submitted to a web site I frequent. Apparently Microsoft has promotional displays with free WindowsXP promotional software in U.S. Post Offices."

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  1. Its called advertising. by Restil · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    The USPS is a business like any other. Sure, they have some governmental influence, both ways, but if someone wants to pay them to put up posters.... why not?

    And besides.. asking clerks about it won't get you very far. I'm surprised that your post office wasn't so busy that the clerk actually had enough time to ask you if there was anything else you needed.

    -Restil

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  2. Coming and Going by Perdo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    another example of f***ed government. You pay for a stamp to send mail. You pay for a box to receive mail. You subsidize spammy junk mail catalogs because companies get favorable bulk mail rates. And now you have to veiw adds while you stand in line or check your box.

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  3. Re:What are you smoking? by Gkeeper80 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This entire story is ubserdly inflamatory! There's a lot of MS bashing on this site but this really is a new low. The government has stated that MS has monopolistic practicices, but untill it decieds that they should not be allowed to be a company they have every right to continue promoting their products. The governemt isn's promoting Windows, they are selling add space! As we all know USPS hasn't been doing all that well financially. Email, and now the anthrax scares are causeing them to loss revenue. Selling add space is just one of the ways they do it. Lets face it, AOL/TimeWarner had there finger in that pot too. You think the government is supporting the loony tunes? You can go into any post office and buy pads of paper and other supplies with Looney Tunes charecters and logos. USPS is a buisness, part of the government or not. They are regulated by Congress, but their income does not come from taxes. Unless you all are so anti marketing that you can't accept a small eye sore I suggest you stop complaining and realize that MS has every right to continue advertising and the Post Office needs ad revenue to continue serving you.