Comments

• David Gerard

  2009-09-26 09:40:13

  You know, I wasn't sure Windows 7 was really going to be another Vista until the jawdroppingly horrible party video was released. That nailed it.

• Roy Schestowitz

  2009-09-26 09:46:43

  It looks like a cookery party.

• David Gerard

  2009-09-26 10:05:11

  Or a cult suicide. "Here is a Windows 7 DVD.Here is a bottle of vodka. Here is a gun with one bullet."

• Roy Schestowitz

  2009-09-26 10:16:48

  I didn't see that part of the video. I could not stand it after the first 30 seconds. I thought it was a spoof.

• David Gerard

  2009-09-26 10:30:29

  From the marketers that brought you Seinfeld and Gates!

• David Gerard

  2009-09-26 10:32:00

  Seriously. "People are talking about it. So it's a success. Look, my statistics are up!"
  
  One day Microsoft might realise that what's good for the PR department's annual reviews may just happen to add the stench of death to the product itself.

• Roy Schestowitz

  2009-09-26 10:55:29

  They tried some viral ads for Vista (Bruce Springsteen style); eventually, Vista did not succeed.

• David Gerard

  2009-09-26 14:50:38

  http://notnews.today.com/?p=667

• Roy Schestowitz

  2009-09-26 14:57:22

  “Windows 7 was getting great reviews,” said completely independent ZDnet marketing marketer Mary Jo Enderle..

  
  
  When did Mary marry Robert?

• David Gerard

  2009-09-26 15:43:32

  I assumed they were all the same person, and only used different first names and photos for professional reasons.

• Roy Schestowitz

  2009-09-26 16:01:50

  They have very unique styles. You could match post to person almost blindly.

• twitter

  2009-09-27 02:46:03

  Heh, the Digitimes article is actually an exercise in excuse making for M$. Way back at the January CES it was obvious that retailers, "burt by Vista", did not think of Windows 7 as a sales driver. Blaming the expected low sales on corporate and government cycles is lame. If there was significant demand for Vista 7, people would give it to each other for Christmass. As it is, people view yet another version of Windows with all the fun and excitement of going to the dentist.

• Roy Schestowitz

  2009-09-27 05:18:23

  You can treat the excuses separately from the facts and the words of analysts. Digitimes tried to "balance" it.

• twitter

  2009-09-27 06:16:16

  Here are the facts that I've managed to gather. One that I forgot about is that UAC does not meet US government security standards, so we should not expect government to buy into Vista 7. Nor should we expect corporate buyers because they often deal with and follow federal standards and information. Your observation about early CIO rejection seems to fit that pattern, though both government and CIOs have many other issues with Vista 7.