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...

 

** 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 ..."

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


Rich, one with the way it is

 

Jim Croce

 

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

 

Oldie, but goodie

 

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.

 

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.

 

You are the typical loser. Always blaming someone else for your own
failures and shot-comings.

 

What failures would those be Franky Fuckwit?

You just a delusional old fool that can't handle the truth.

 

You're inability to accept failure. Failure is an integral part of
success...something you know nothing about.

Sorry old man, but I deal with the truth each and ever day.
I am very happy in my life and have been very successful at most all of
my endeavors.
You should seriously consider getting some real mental health care help
before you're a goner!

 

Your inability to accept failure. Failure is an integral part of
success...something you know nothing about.

Sorry old man, but I deal with the truth each and ever day.
I am very happy in my life and have been very successful at most all of
my endeavors.
You should seriously consider getting some real mental health care help
before you're a goner!

 

You on new meds Frank? You seem much calmer. Good, maybe you can
rejoin the human race. Keep trying.

 

Yep, hanging them upside down would put their brains back on top and
as a bonus their heads might also pop out their ass. ;-)

 

LOL
That's funny

I have one of those inversion tables ... I use for exercise and
back alignment. Wasn't aware of that benefit.

 

I saw that commercial as well. Talk about a lame comercial.

There is no mention of anything even remotely related to computers
throughout the entire commercial, until the very end where the very small
Windows Vista logo is shown. I remember almost nothing about it, other
than it was a shoe commercial.

To contrast that, here's a campaign that is memorable, that actually
tells you what the product is, and commercials that people actually want
to see, and look forward to new ones........

http://www.messinwithsasquatch.com/

 

Like what? Be specific, if you know how.

About what? Be specific, if you know how.

Unfortunately for you, you are extremely

You're problem capin' crunch is that you can't accept the fact that
you're Vista hate campaign failed.

Still singing the same old song huh.

Give us the URL's of 10 web sites that you have developed, ok.

Projecting again?

Lets ask the people around you

You too, along with ringbastard, are in very obvious and desperate need
of mental health care.

How long have you been having trouble with the truth, huh?
All of your miserable failure of a life?
Figures!

 

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