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From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Don Hills"  wrote in message
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> In article ,
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:
>> If the person who made the video is still employed by Microsoft then they
>>might have a crumb of humor left.  I've yet to see a Microsoft TV ad that
>>didn't make their products seem like work
>
> That's because their target market is work. (Businesses, especially big
> businesses with big IT budgets.) They're into the home only because of the
> drag effect - hook them on Microsoft products young and you'll have them
> for
> life.
>
> --
> Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
> "New interface closely resembles Presentation Manager,
> preparing you for the wonders of OS/2!"
>    -- Advertisement on the box for Microsoft Windows 2.11 for 286


To me it seems like corporate software sales are addressed by account reps,
product seminars and such, thus TV ads would have minimal impact on those sales
and a waste of good advertising money.

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