Microsoft blatant false advertising of MN-710

Lawrence G. Mayka · 2005-03-25T07:54:33+00:00

Microsoft sells (or used to sell) the MN-710, an 802.11g USB adapter. The box *clearly* states that this product supports WPA, yet after installation, its Configuration Utility baldly says that it does *not* support WPA.How does Microsoft get away with such blatant false advertising?

Mar 25, 2005 21 Replies

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Mark McIntyre 21 years ago

Bollocks.

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Mark McIntyre 21 years ago

What I find laughable about it all is that the rest of the world already knows how to do this stuff, so export bans are hardly preventing anything.

Possibly. If you have a better idea why they're prohibited from shipping the patch with SP2 or the router or whatever, I'm interested to hear it. Is there something copyright / IP restricted about it? Are they forbidden by anti-competitiion rulings? I've no idea, US law is so labyrinthine it could be anything. .

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