Seinfeld & Gates to team up on Vista commercials

[greggh]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/micr ... a-mac-ads/

Microsoft's new $300 million campaign (one of Redmond's largest ever) is set to launch with a $10 million assist from "key celebrity pitchman" Jerry Seinfeld. Yes, Bill Gates will appear as well -- the once maligned, rich corporate nerd turned adorable, rich humanitarian nerd. The campaign is said to based on the idea of "Windows, Not Walls," stressing the need to "break down barriers that prevent people and ideas from connecting." Something we think open-sourcers might have a laugh at.

Stuff like this always makes me think of Bill Hicks's bit on marketing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo

[allix]

maybe we should get chris rock or someone to do linux adds

[greggh]

maybe we should get chris rock or someone to do linux adds

On the subject of Chris Rock. I never realized how stupid he was until I saw this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDkCE7WqxOE

I always knew he wasn't funny. I just didn't know he was that big an idiot.

[allix]

Bill Hicks is a legend, Chris rock's humour is different, sure not everything he says is funny, but i think he is pretty funny at times.

[sbassett]

I sure could go for some "Orange Drink".

[allix]

I sure could go for some "Orange Drink".

Then you can suck satans cock

[Patrick]

Instead of spending $300 million on a marketing campaign why don't they just fix that POS OS? WTF, Jerry is going to tell Apple jokes?! Jerry is going to extol the virtues of Vista? Cause you know Jerry knows more about technology then all of us combined. What crap. Get an effing clue M$!

[greggh]

"Windows, Not Walls," stressing the need to "break down barriers that prevent people and ideas from connecting."

Maybe MS using these as slogans in their new ads is a hint that they are planning on GPLing Windows soon? Sounds like things Stallman would say

[eddie]

I doubt it,. they are just spouting buzz words to to keep up appearances. It is ironic that on the Seinfeld set that it usually brandished mac computers. Jerry must be in it just for the money. If he really knew anything about computers, he might not do it. As many people who disdain vista, I wonder if it will have a backfire effect on his working as a comedian? As for fixing vista instead of the commercial, I think MS as given up on vista for the most part. They are spending a few programmer dollars on windows seven to allegedly get it working. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[Tsuroerusu]

Instead of spending $300 million on a marketing campaign why don't they just fix that POS OS?

There's a simple answer to that.... you can't shine a turd, it blows up if you try!

[LinuxMint-4]

Stuff you won't see in those Vista Commercials

Imagine Seinfeld telling Vista Jokes and one liners in the Vista commercials.....

"How much Ram does it take to run Vista? Who knows, first it was 512 MB, then it was 2 GB, later its 4 GB and now.... its as much as 6 GB!..Whats wrong with these people? Where did I put that Mac laptop?" (canned laughter)

"Take my hard drive .... please! "

"I just surfed all over the internet and my mouse is tired."

"Whats worse than watching paint dry? Waiting for Vista to make it to desktop."

"What do you get when you cross a turtle and a snail? Vista !

[eddie]

Inane: mental constipated. see video
Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afR5J7eskno

[greggh]

What an annoying commercial. It seems like it's trying to be too hip for the room. Comes off as too full of itself. Gates and Seinfeld seem too full of themselves. The whole thing was full of shit.

[dann]

I showed this to my wife and we both said "Huh?" While entertaining it really had nothing to do with Windows Vista or even MS products other than that half-assed comment at the end which did not fit too well with the rest of the story being told. But what do I know. Hey, at least they sold me on shoes and churros.

[LinuxMint-4]

Too bad Rodney Dangerfield or Henny Youngman isn't around anymore.

"I get no respect, no respect at all....neither does Vista.....take my Vista.......please!"