Comments on: Microsoft Poisons the World Wide Web with Fake Marketing Blogs http://techrights.org/2008/07/05/ms-fake-marketing-blogs/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/07/05/ms-fake-marketing-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-29162 Roy Schestowitz Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:27:55 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/05/ms-fake-marketing-blogs/#comment-29162 I was never too keen on marketing. Maybe I should have written "guerrilla marketing," of which Microsoft does plenty. Here is <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkA9L2J2gY" title="Ballmer: 'advertising, advertising, advertising!'" rel="nofollow">an old video of Microsoft's CEO</a>. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HTkA9L2J2gY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HTkA9L2J2gY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> And here is <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MimCZikP8cY" title="Apple 'Get a Mac' ad: Bean Counter" rel="nofollow">a new ad</a>. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MimCZikP8cY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MimCZikP8cY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> I was never too keen on marketing. Maybe I should have written “guerrilla marketing,” of which Microsoft does plenty.

Here is an old video of Microsoft’s CEO.

And here is a new ad.

]]> By: Felipe Alvarez http://techrights.org/2008/07/05/ms-fake-marketing-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-29154 Felipe Alvarez Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:00:13 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/05/ms-fake-marketing-blogs/#comment-29154 >Marketing is lies and embellishments. It’s a Big Lie, a farce. As a general statement, this isn't true. This is framed to be a overgeneralisation of marketing as a whole. >Marketing is lies and embellishments. It’s a Big Lie, a farce.
As a general statement, this isn’t true. This is framed to be a overgeneralisation of marketing as a whole.

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