Microsoft is really taking the gloves off this time. ZDNet is reporting that it will spend $500 million to make a powerful statement to its hundreds of millions of customers. I imagine the statement would have to go something like this:
Windows Vista isn’t really as bad as they say. Honest. Please don’t be mad at us. We promise our next operating system will be better. Pinky swear.
Those aren’t exactly the words they use, but it is certainly the tone of the ad that Microsoft has started running on its site. I can’t find it, but Ed Bott at ZDNet did and has a copy here. It shows a painting of a tall ship with the headline “At one point everyone thought the Earth was flat. Get the facts about Windows Vista.”
Uncategorized July 23rd 2008