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Microsoft and Seinfeld: A Comedy of Errors?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 3 comments
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It's not often we here at LinuxInsider get to write about celebrities -- other than the Richard Stallman variety, of course -- and indeed, many of the geeks who grace our pages from time to time seem to shun the limelight rather than seek it out. So it was with great glee this week that we found cause to mention none other than Jerry Seinfeld.

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Comments (3)

Bob_Robertson ·
If this actually works out for Microsoft, hiring an acerbic comedian to try to advertise their failed massively-marketed super-product, I will be shocked.

VISTA is exactly the kind of thing Seinfeld would have used as fodder for his routine, the same way he would use low-flow shower heads and extreme gas-sipping cars that can't accelerate or carry the weight of two people.
gus3 ·
I could see his acerbic attitude being aimed at Vista's competitors: MacOS X, Linux, whatever other no-names...

As if Vista can compete with them! Their best bet is to drag the "competitors" down to Vista's level in the public mindshare.
tuxchick ·
I didn't know Jerry Seinfeld was a coder. He must be a genius if they think he can rescue Vista.

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