Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Wednesday 06 February 2008 16:55 : \____
>
>> On Feb 6, 6:43 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Ballmer's secret plan to inseminate world with Vista
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Maybe the news got lost in the hubbub surrounding Microsoft's offer to buy
>>> | Yahoo, but last week Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer finally admitted the
>>> | company needs to do a better job marketing Windows Vista. To demonstrate
>>> | Microsoft's new marketing plan with a visual metaphor, Ballmer and Co.
>>> | hired circus performers to dress as sperm, wriggling their way into a
>>> | giant blue egg, which could stand for the earth -- the world of IT.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://valleywag.com/352772/ballmers-secret-plan-to-inseminate-world-...
>> ..
>> The link the article on Ballmer's statements is interesting:
>>
> http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9863960-56.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=BeyondBinary
>> He only talks about the need to *market* Vista better, no mention of
>> improving its *performance*.
>> That's the Microsoft mentality, all right.
>
> He is a marketing person, not an engineer. I linked to the ZDNet/CNET article
> yesterday saying the same thing as you did. A couple of years ago Ballmer was
> doing the "advertisers advertisers advertisers" chant. Perhaps the good
> developers have already left. I could name quite a few.
>
I made the same observation before I saw Nessuno's. It does sum up the
problem.
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