Comments on: “Windows Has Left the Building”

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Ilium Software Blog » Blog Archive » Dangerous Marketing — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:45:31 +0000

[...] back twice as far as a good campaign can move you forward. We recently posted an article entitled “Windows has left the building!”, talking about an ill-conceived marketing tag-line that appeared at the Microsoft website. The [...]

By: Digital Products Review

Digital Products Review — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:33:51 +0000

It seems Microsoft is going to be playing catchup for a while. I am a Windows junkie and hate Mac by default, but I at least must admit Microsoft has some running to do to keep up with Mac.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:10:19 +0000

Well, as much as I hate to say something Pro-MS – I actually like the idea Now, if only their OS would be better. I’m still having tears in my eyes thinking back to the good ol’ PSION-days and the stability of the PSION-OS…

By: Gene

Gene — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:49:59 +0000

Oh, c’mon, people, lighten up.

If it wasn’t M$ nobody would pay any attention to this.

The level of M$ bashing is getting ridiculous at times. (I am not refering to this particular article.)

At least they develop a workable OS for mobile devices, last time I checked Palm was still stuck in the middle ages and Linux for mobiles didn’t quite materialize. And, after years of trying to like Linux, I can still say that Win XP Home (with some 3rd party software) is the best all-around OS for a typical home machine I’ve ever had.

By: Kevin White

Kevin White — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:21:49 +0000

I guess it’s supposed to be a smart pun on the ol’ Elvis thing. You know, “ha ha ha, windows, leaving the building, it’s going outside, it’s in your phone, that’s why it’s outside!”

If you look at the diagram, it makes more sense than just seeing the headline, but still… I think that wasn’t the right thing to say. Oh well, anyone remember the Toyota advertisements in the late 90′s, with all the weird musical numbers? What the heck did those have to do with cars? (Or the Infiniti ones with the scenes of nature and no cars or text anywhere.)

You can pay people to do anything.