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Anyone that's watched even a little of bit of television the last six
months has seen Apple's I'm a Mac, I'm a PC commercials. Funny, well
written and staring a bit podgy, grumpy and clumsy Bill Gates look
alike. They're effective ads and a riot to watch because they hit
home. A good satire always has some truth in it. Apple's market share
is rising because of them and it got Microsoft's attention.
In a effort to prop up Vista and try to heal it's perception of being
stodgy, not hip, sluggish, hard to use and prone to give users
heartburn non other than Bill Gates himself and Jerry Seinfeld will
appear in a new Microsoft add campaign budgeted at $300,000,000 to
attempt to change the bad perception Vista has with the public at
large.
But wait... there's more according to Bill Veghte, senior VP for
Microsoft Marketing Strategy. He told the New York Times in a recent
interview his job is to get the word out that Microsoft has largely
corrected the technical glitches that marred the roll-out of Vista
last year and gave it a bad reputation as being crash-prone.
Also soon Microsoft is going to unleash an army of "Vista Guru" types
set to visit local computer stores and other retailers to try to sell
Joe six pack that Vista really is easy to use and doesn't over nag or
crash. I wonder if Yanaire and Frank will put on a monkey costume and
hand out peanuts and bananas at a computer store near you. Just look
for a sheep or two tied up outside. <snicker>
What's that fanboys? You keep saying Vista wasn't/isn't broke and any
problems users have is... oh, that's their fault? Not according to
Microsoft brass. Otherwise why is it necessary for Bill Gates and top
gun funny man Jerry Seinfeld to try to assure you everything has been
fixed in a string of TV commercials. You know what they say, everybody
has their price. Seinfeld sold out for a cool ten million to be a
shill for Microsoft.
I saw one of the new commercials already. Not funny. Seinfeld tries to
help Gates buy shoes. Shoes? What do shoes have to do with computers?
months has seen Apple's I'm a Mac, I'm a PC commercials. Funny, well
written and staring a bit podgy, grumpy and clumsy Bill Gates look
alike. They're effective ads and a riot to watch because they hit
home. A good satire always has some truth in it. Apple's market share
is rising because of them and it got Microsoft's attention.
In a effort to prop up Vista and try to heal it's perception of being
stodgy, not hip, sluggish, hard to use and prone to give users
heartburn non other than Bill Gates himself and Jerry Seinfeld will
appear in a new Microsoft add campaign budgeted at $300,000,000 to
attempt to change the bad perception Vista has with the public at
large.
But wait... there's more according to Bill Veghte, senior VP for
Microsoft Marketing Strategy. He told the New York Times in a recent
interview his job is to get the word out that Microsoft has largely
corrected the technical glitches that marred the roll-out of Vista
last year and gave it a bad reputation as being crash-prone.
Also soon Microsoft is going to unleash an army of "Vista Guru" types
set to visit local computer stores and other retailers to try to sell
Joe six pack that Vista really is easy to use and doesn't over nag or
crash. I wonder if Yanaire and Frank will put on a monkey costume and
hand out peanuts and bananas at a computer store near you. Just look
for a sheep or two tied up outside. <snicker>
What's that fanboys? You keep saying Vista wasn't/isn't broke and any
problems users have is... oh, that's their fault? Not according to
Microsoft brass. Otherwise why is it necessary for Bill Gates and top
gun funny man Jerry Seinfeld to try to assure you everything has been
fixed in a string of TV commercials. You know what they say, everybody
has their price. Seinfeld sold out for a cool ten million to be a
shill for Microsoft.
I saw one of the new commercials already. Not funny. Seinfeld tries to
help Gates buy shoes. Shoes? What do shoes have to do with computers?
