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02.04.08

Boosting Windows Vista Sales Using AIDS

Posted in Bill Gates, Dell, Microsoft, Vista, Windows at 12:32 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

“The government is not trying to destroy Microsoft, it’s simply seeking to compel Microsoft to obey the law. It’s quite revealing that Mr. Gates equates the two.”

Government official

Recently we wrote about the publicity stunt which is intended to boost Windows Vista sales, promoted under the guise of charity. A sensible way to describe this, as one blogger puts it, is to name it sentimental blackmail.

Recently, Microsoft is luring you with a tag line like this: “Windows and Dell are proud partners of (PRODUCT) RED™ — New PCs designed to help eliminate AIDS in Africa.”

[...]

This is one of the most abject way of creating a psychological dependency of Windows Vista Ultimate: making people buy it for giving them the peace of mind that they helped to save lives in Africa!

We have been writing about this important issue quite extensively in recent weeks [1, 2, 3, 4].

Microsoft a  bad ride

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