Trying to prop up a failure, Microsoft style

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?

Vista has athletes foot?
I thought it was a virus not fungus...

"Ringmaster" <> wrote in message
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> 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?

** Uturning saliva snipped **

Spitting into the wind is a futile endeavour.
You should know this by now, spit face


Rich

On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:45:39 -0700, Rich wrote:

> ** Uturning saliva snipped **
>
> Spitting into the wind is a futile endeavour. You should know this by
> now, spit face
>
>
> Rich

"You don't tug on Superman's cape...Don't spit in the wind ..."

I'd give the songwriter credit, but I forget who it was.

> "You don't tug on Superman's cape...Don't spit in the wind ..."
>
> I'd give the songwriter credit, but I forget who it was.

Common Sense doesn't need attribution
but could use application by quite a few


Rich, one with the way it is

Jim Croce

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Paladin" <> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:45:39 -0700, Rich wrote:
>
>> ** Uturning saliva snipped **
>>
>> Spitting into the wind is a futile endeavour. You should know this by
>> now, spit face
>>
>>
>> Rich
>
> "You don't tug on Superman's cape...Don't spit in the wind ..."
>
> I'd give the songwriter credit, but I forget who it was.

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:32:57 -0600, "NotEvenMe" <>
wrote:

>Vista has athletes foot?
>I thought it was a virus not fungus...

At lease we learned Bill Gates wears size 10 shoes. If you haven't
seen the commercial it features the actual photo of Billy when he got
arrested back in 1977. But they made it into a shopper's club card for
the commercial. Seeing the commercial for the 3rd time it is kind of
funny, but in the wrong way. You also see Gates walking away from the
camera revealing in sagging butt which he wiggles at Jerry's request.

Yes MS fanboys, Bill Gates for real has been arrested.

http://www.mugshots.org/misc/bill-gates.html

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 23:58:03 +0200 (CEST), Paladin
<> wrote:

>On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:45:39 -0700, Rich wrote:
>
>> ** Uturning saliva snipped **
>>
>> Spitting into the wind is a futile endeavour. You should know this by
>> now, spit face
>>
>>
>> Rich
>
>"You don't tug on Superman's cape...Don't spit in the wind ..."
>
>I'd give the songwriter credit, but I forget who it was.

Oldie, but goodie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_sAunLs4sw

On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:20:14 -0500, Ringmaster wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:32:57 -0600, "NotEvenMe" <>
> wrote:
>
>>Vista has athletes foot?
>>I thought it was a virus not fungus...
>
> At lease we learned Bill Gates wears size 10 shoes. If you haven't seen
> the commercial it features the actual photo of Billy when he got
> arrested back in 1977. But they made it into a shopper's club card for
> the commercial. Seeing the commercial for the 3rd time it is kind of
> funny, but in the wrong way. You also see Gates walking away from the
> camera revealing in sagging butt which he wiggles at Jerry's request.
>
> Yes MS fanboys, Bill Gates for real has been arrested.
>
> http://www.mugshots.org/misc/bill-gates.html

You have a unhealthy disrespect for Bill Gates.
It seems to sway your opinion of Microsoft in general.

Did he beat you up or something ?
Maybe his limo cut you off in traffic ?

He has donated more to charity than the state you live in is worth.
Can't be too bad a guy.

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 01:26:35 +0200 (CEST), Paladin
<> wrote:

>On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:20:14 -0500, Ringmaster wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:32:57 -0600, "NotEvenMe" <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Vista has athletes foot?
>>>I thought it was a virus not fungus...
>>
>> At lease we learned Bill Gates wears size 10 shoes. If you haven't seen
>> the commercial it features the actual photo of Billy when he got
>> arrested back in 1977. But they made it into a shopper's club card for
>> the commercial. Seeing the commercial for the 3rd time it is kind of
>> funny, but in the wrong way. You also see Gates walking away from the
>> camera revealing in sagging butt which he wiggles at Jerry's request.
>>
>> Yes MS fanboys, Bill Gates for real has been arrested.
>>
>> http://www.mugshots.org/misc/bill-gates.html
>
>You have a unhealthy disrespect for Bill Gates.
>It seems to sway your opinion of Microsoft in general.

Really, where did you get that idea? I actually like old Billy. It's
his evil empire that sucks and under the moron Steve Ballmer Microsoft
is sinking fast. Gates made two major blunders with Microsoft. Not
realizing the Internet would be as big as it has become, hiring
Ballmer in the first place and now giving him the top job. Still Gates
has a softer side. He approved the laughable BOB foolishness, one of
Microsoft's biggest failures because his future wife came up with the
stupid idea.

My opinion of Microsoft is it is now a ship without a rudder. Gates
was the glue that held it together. Now that he's left, Microsoft is
floundering. While neither Apple or Linux is a threat, yet, people at
large have had a belly full of Microsoft because of their arrogance
and total disregard of customers. Soon or later all companies hit the
skids. Microsoft's time is approaching.