Comments on: Something funny, From Microsoft (No really!)

By: David

David — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:48:21 +0000

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I watched this…
You could have changed the names on the shirts to “Microsoft” (the Guy) and “Everyone Else” (the Girl)…
We have been telling Microsoft that they don’t listen to us, that we really don’t want more “bloat ware” etc…but do they listen?
Look, I worked at Microsoft for 6 years…long enough that now I run Linux, have a Linux Server, I use FireFox, Thunderbird, Open Office, and GOM (anything) to get away from them…
In 2 years I haven’t had any issues…certainly not like my grandmother, who runs Windows…I rebuild her machine regularly…
She says she is too old for Linux – to learn something new…but I swear, if I have to rebuild her machine ONE MORE TIME, I will put Linux on the box and she will just have to deal with it…at least then, I might go a year without having to rebuild the machine…
And don’t get me started on Vista (Longhorn)…AHHHHHHH!

By: fat Tony

fat Tony — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:15:15 +0000

P.S. I know what flash based means…

By: fat Tony

fat Tony — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:13:27 +0000

So, Microsoft figured it out…what people want.
Please, please pass the word to the spammers, Television Commercial Manufacturers, Pop-Up Ads (pop-thru, pop-behind, pop-around included), and the hideous flash based web-ads (ironic choice of naming as most of them flash and bloom more than Halo 3 combined with the typical metropolitan 4th of July)
Allow customers to rate all ads not only by clicking to buy swag, but to actually say thumbs-up and thumbs down.
Make the ads content as the clip above is a not-so-covert advertisement. Then people will damn near pay to see the ad, as well as potentially buy whatever shiny new gizmo-gadget making the producer double the dosh!

Tony

By: SyntaxError

SyntaxError — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:51:46 +0000

LMAO trontalt, nice one. Great stuff Geert!

By: trontalt

trontalt — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:16:11 +0000

Of course Microsoft have a sense of humor, they made Windows Vista

By: LennieZ

LennieZ — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:46:54 +0000

@Geert: They just wanted you far away from them, all the way to Singapore ;-) Im kidding very nice job!

By: Geert

Geert — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:14:35 +0000

Thanks for the positive comments. And indeed, it hasn’t worked against me. Quite on the contrary: I won an internal award with it and it helped me land a new job within Microsoft in Singapore ;-)

By: LennieZ

LennieZ — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:52:48 +0000

Hehe of course Microsoft haves a sense of humor :-)