Steve: haha, did you read about this? microsoft tried to make their own “Switch” campaign, and they used one of their own PR reps to write the story, and _she_ used a stock photo from some stock material archive, and they were immediately found out
Scott: no! haha where’s the story?
Steve: it’s on slashdot.. let me find the original
Steve: [http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/15/0044255&tid=109] there, there’s a bunch of links off that one
Scott: hahaha the stock photo was of the person? So they’re not using the real people in the ads? hahahahaha
Scott: Headline: Microsoft deems general populace “too ugly” for ad campaign.
Steve: yeah, they only had one ad, and it was fake!
Steve: HJAHAH
Steve: Bill Gates Replaced by Fabio Look-alike
Scott: heh…
Scott: Microsoft initiates new “bikini models prefer windows” campaign!
Steve: every windows ad is like a beer ad
Steve: rock music playing on a beach, people playing volleyball
Steve: then, at the end, *ding* Use windows!
Scott: hahahaha
Scott: Surgeon General Warning: Using Microsoft Windows has not been proven to make you more good looking.
Steve: hahahaa
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Can you envision a Fojar switch campaign? I can see it now. Of course, you should use your own “stock” photos, if you know what I mean, wink, wink.
October 18th, 2002 at 10:19 am
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October 18th, 2002 at 10:47 am