In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb.
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wrote
on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:05:12 -0400
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> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:00:37 -0700, Tim Smith wrote:
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>> In article <46904485.6m62fYM0BJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> WSJ: Microsoft hires Seinfeld to bite Apple
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>>>| Continually painted by Apple and other rivals as uncool and unsafe,
>>>| Microsoft
>>>| plans to spend $300 million on a new series of advertisements, designed
>>>| around its "Windows Not Walls" slogan, that will feature Seinfeld and
>>>| Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.
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>>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxono
>>> myName=operating_systems&articleId=9113138&taxonomyId=89&intsrc=kc_top
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>>> Jerry signs up with this criminal? Well, after watching Seinfeld like 1000
>>> times, I'd pull the plug.
>>
>> Late *and* off-topic.
>>
>>> Recent:
>>>
>>> Microsoft's latest marketing vehicle: NASCAR
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>>>| Microsoft plans to sponsor a NASCAR team for the 2008 season in a bid to
>>>| boost the profile of its offerings for small businesses.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/135166.asp?source=rss
>>
>> Didn't you think sponsoring NASCAR teams was a great idea when someone
>> was trying to get a Linux logo on a car a while back?
>
> Yea....
>
> Didn't the car crash on the 50th lap or something?
>
Yep, and finished dead last (as it was the first car to crash).
What this meant and means for the future of Linux is far
from clear, of course.
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