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| Time: 11:00 EST/16:00 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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Microsoft should fire everyone involved in its "Goodbye Blue Screen" advertisement. I'm talking about the two-page ad that reproduces a Windows 95 "fatal exception" display, inviting readers to tape this image over their computer screens "if you find yourself missing the downtime." What were they thinking? Can you imagine Toyota advertising its Lexus sedans as "13 times more reliable" than its bread-and-butter Camrys? Can you imagine brewer Anheuser-Busch advertising its Michelob beer as having "92 percent fewer impurities" than its mainstay Budweiser brand? That's the kind of comparison that Microsoft makes with Windows 2000 Professional and its mass-market Windows 98. | ||
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| #1 By 18 (Unknown) at 2/22/2001 3:32:00 PM |
| I agree with who ever said they did that on porpose. The writer is just not thinking things through. Many companies are still running Windows 95. They were marketing this towards businesses, not home consumers. They are just trying to get all the companies to upgrade to its flagship Win2000 (which I must admit is great). And anyway, I really doubt that most companies are seriously going to consider upgrading to Win95 over Win2000, so they really have nothing to worry about |
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