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Re: [News] Microsoft Turns to Celebrities, Again

  • Subject: Re: [News] Microsoft Turns to Celebrities, Again
  • From: William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:27:47 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: The Orbiting Anvil & Spamhammer Company
  • Os: Kubuntu 1.10 - Edgy Eft
  • References: <1728187.0gyDgSRP89@schestowitz.com>
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  • Xref: news.mcc.ac.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:1188120
It was on or about Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:24:33 +0000, that Roy Schestowitz
posted:

> Microsoft hires ex-"Apprentice" star as judge
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Microsoft is using the competition to promote a new version of its
> | Microsoft Office Accounting software and services for small businesses.
> `----
> 
> http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/061128/usa_microsoft_contest.html?.v=2
> 
> Reminds me of that whole Bill Gates-Jay Z-Justin Timberlake thing.
> Microsoft struggled to be perceived as hip.
> 
> Microsoft also intend[ed/s] to pay Oprah to put Vista on her list of
> recommended items. The media can indeed by bought.

They also rely on ignorance.

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