Roy Schestowitz 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&taxonomyName=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.
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> Recent:
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> 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.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/135166.asp?source=rss
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> Microsoft apparently hopes that a "Jackass" can up its hip quotient and
> increase market share
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> | This came to my inbox this morning from a reader who shall remain
> | nameless. I found it sort of interesting.
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> | [...]
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> | Perhaps this new campaign is the opening salvo to be launched by
> | Microsoft's newly hired advertising agency, Crispin Porter & Bogusky,
> | the "it" agency of the moment in the advertising world.
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http://cajunboyinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/03/microsoft-apparently-hopes-that-jackass.html
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> Feeling Dumb? Microsoft Says MSN Can Help
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> | Google's informal code of conduct is 'Don't Be Evil,' a reflection of
> | its commitment to not exploiting its users. But a new Microsoft ad
> | campaign is sending an altogether different message: 'Don't Be Dumb.'
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> http://www.crn.com/software/206905139
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> Related:
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> WhatsWrongWithU
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> | The site is targetted to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Korea, with an
> | abrasive attempt at in your face attitude. However, one has to
> | wonder if the whole thing will come off as more than a little insulting.
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> http://www.armchairempire.com/News/?p=187
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This is really an odd statement.. "Microsoft Resorts to Comedy for Selling
Junk Software"... I ALLWAYS thought they were joking around...
Jerry McBride (jmcbride@xxxxxxxxxx)
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