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This takes the cake (and make mine chocolate!)

Posted by brittaw on · 2 comments
Linux Pro Magazine; By Jon 'Maddog' Hall 		Mail this story
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I heard recently, and could not really believe it until I saw it, that Microsoft was encouraging people to throw "Tupperware(R) parties" at their homes in order to launch the new version of Microsoft's products. That is right...plain old down-to-earth "homies" extolling the virtues of quickly going to Vista...er...ah...Windows 7.

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golem ·
I guess Microsoft heard that word-of-mouth is a good thing, and decided to manufacture some.
softwarejanitor ·
@golem That is nothing new. Microsoft has employed "astroturf" techniques for years.

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