{"id":1144,"date":"2009-09-23T21:55:42","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T01:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeffclarke.us\/blog\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2009-09-24T12:27:16","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T16:27:16","slug":"microsoft-is-at-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarke.us\/blog\/2009\/09\/microsoft-is-at-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Is At It Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yikes.\u00a0 Don’t these guys ever learn? Not even after this<\/a> and this<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Microsoft is now encouraging people to host “launch parties” to honor the release of Windows 7.\u00a0 No.\u00a0 I’m not kidding.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now you too can help usher in a whole new era of mediocrity.\u00a0 Forget all those parties you threw to help Obama get elected.\u00a0 This is bigger.\u00a0 Much, much bigger. And space is limited so you have to act now.\u00a0 Hurry.\u00a0 Your multicultural friends of all ages are waiting.<\/p>\n

Only Microsoft could make technology look even less<\/em> appealing than late-night infomercial products.<\/p>\n

I swear.\u00a0 Microsoft, next time you need an idea for an ad campaign or a promotion, just give me a call.\u00a0 Me and my friends in your target demographic have lost cocktail napkins with better ideas of appearing “hip” and “with it.”<\/p>\n

In honor of this latest blunder, here are a few of the funnier Microsoft parodies I came across while researching this:
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Man I love anything that makes fun of Clippy.<\/p>\n

Thanks Gawker<\/a> for getting the ball rolling.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> People seem to be working round the clock on this one.\u00a0 There’s already a hilarious (dirty) parody of the Windows 7 House Party video.
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Great work, people.\u00a0 And thanks for the tip, Wired<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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