2005/11/21 23:22:56 - Jeremy's Web Page

2005/11/21
23:22:56

From a Microsoft ad featuring Xerox:

Their largest application runs on new SQL Server™ 2005 64-bit running on Windows Server™ 2003, which provides 99.999% uptime.*

But what's that asterisk? Looking at the small print at the bottom of the ad reveals "*Results not typical." Guess we're now well-set in a world where you can claim anything as long as it is disclaimed properly.

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By JoeBuck on 2005/11/22 at 12:24:28

At least they were partially up front, the classic disclaimer where I work is to put the phrase "your mileage may vary" in all the emails where you mention any hard numbers. Granted, this is only for other engineers but still, same idea.

By Jeremy on 2005/11/23 at 20:46:16

Yea, I wouldn't have been surprised to see something like Results may Vary, as that's rather common these days. The not typical thing is just shocking though.