__/ [ Freeride ] on Monday 01 January 2007 08:20 \__
> Costly Gift From Microsoft Is an Invitation to Blog
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/technology/01vista.html?ref=business
>
>>In Microsoft?s latest attempt to reach out to bloggers, the company
>>recently gave away expensive laptops loaded with its new Windows Vista
>>operating system. But the gifts generated controversy as well as good
>>will, as many in that community accused Microsoft of bribery and their
>>peers of unethical behavior.
>
>>Several bloggers reported last week that they had received Acer Ferrari
>>laptops, which can sell for more than $2,200, from Microsoft. A
>>spokeswoman for Microsoft confirmed on Friday that the company had sent
>>out about 90 computers to bloggers who write about technology and other
>>subjects (such as photography and, oddly, parenting) that could be
>>affected by the new operating system.
>
>
>
> Hey fsck nut Eric did Micro$oft send you a new Vista laptop to post your
> crap in here yet?
I hope they send him one, preferably with a Sony battery. *grin*
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36626
INQ offers full disclosure
Item: Vista-based laptop
Status: Not yet received. Please contact at The Inquirer, One New Grub
Street, London's Red and Tranquil Labyrinth.
Donated by: Microsoft (we hope). µ
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