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Quote: Originally Posted by filburt Why is he still the CEO of Microsoft? He doesn't know much about technology, the company's stock has dropped its value by 50% since he took over in January 2000, he's not even a good salesman (which is his only…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips Not true, there is no competition between them in that area. The example I used earlier is less contentious as it is not Apple or MS and shows nicely the same thing: 1. Kodak Film Ad showing beauti…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Guartho *Sigh* It's almost as if you didn't read my post at all. Thanks for being one more zealot who proves my point. I own a video production company. A request like the hypothetical I presented is not uncommon a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips Yep, I bet there are a few red faces. Oh yeah, red faces indeed: Quote: "Apple has worked so hard to paint the ?PC? it would have been natural for Crispin to say, ?We have to get far, far away from …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Guartho Anyone who accuses someone else of being a zealot that many times in one post is probably a zealot. Yes, it was stupid of Microsoft not to require the use of Windows in the creation of the ad. I can promise…
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Quote: Originally Posted by gastroboy Even worse aren't most of the people they highlight as passionate PC users actually Mac fans and users? Which is more to the point about lying and deception in the ads. First of all, they're ADS. If you th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by joseph_went_south And again, no one with sufficient "creativity and innovative approach to marketing" is on the Windows platform? MISTAKE! That sounds so ridiculous. "We focused only on being inclusive of people …
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Quote: Originally Posted by johnqh And the ad style is exactly the same as "Think Different". The message is different, but I was talking about style - a series of people doing different things sliced together. Funniest thing I've heard in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by joseph_went_south But are there NO creative agencies that use Windows? NONE??? Of course it would be difficult to get an agency to change their entire production system... but with a $300 million ad budget you could…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips You're funny for sure. There were so many articles I was completely overloaded with options: Here is just one as you seem to live on Mars and don't have Google for yourself. Note the very first line, me…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rot'nApple Non Story?! Okay, let me see if I have this straight. To combat Mac's "I'm a Mac" commercial, MS hires an ad agency to create an "I'm a PC" ad about all the "uses" "PC users" are getting from "using thei…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I'll tell you what the difference is between this ad being made on a Mac and your other analogies is. MS senior management have stated for the record that they are sick to death of the Apple ads and are g…
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Quote: Originally Posted by johnqh In my earlier post, I already said it doesn't matter. People use whatever best tool to do the job. However, as a business, it matters. Someone in Microsoft should have thought about this, and make it an actio…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I think you are being overly defensive here (one has to wonder why? You are not Bill are you?). Apple fans have a perfect right to laugh at this without being sworn at or accused of being petty. The 1984…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mac_dog apple's new ad: show the current ms ad full screen. at the end, pan out to show that it's being created on the mac. --------------------------- the bottom line is that microsoft can make any demands they …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism That sure would make it hard on their developers to produce anything that Microsoft offers at their Mactopia website for Mac, which includes: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage, Messenger, & Remote Deskto…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism 1) Boot Camp came before Parallels. 2) What proof do you have that Apple has "NO' in-house apps for designing their HW. I don't have proof, but I used to work at Apple. Locate anyone who works at Apple…
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Wow, the news of the century, an ad/creative agency using a Mac, that SO must mean Macs are better at everything! Guess what? Apple uses PC's to design Macs! And all the rest of their hardware. All their CAD/CAM work is done on PC's. Microsof…