[Cialug] OT : Monday night OS release

[Nathan Stien]

On 1/30/07, Nathan C. Smith <smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
> Monday night came and went and I don't feel any different.  :)

I saw Gates on the Daily Show, and it seemed to me like he had to try
pretty hard to look excited.  Perhaps it is a telling fact that the
heavily-invested Gates Foundation owns no MS stock.

Strangely enough, MS bought an hour's worth of commercial time for the
Dmitri Martin comedy special that was on last night just before TDS.
Saw bits of it here and there.  They set up several viral marketing
sites and pushed them from a fake "Institute for Advanced Personhood"
(http://theiap.org) who push "Clearification"
(http://clearification.com/), which is the process by which Windows
Vista makes your life better.

They even hired Dmitri for some short films to hock their wares.  He's
a funny guy, but it's a bit disappointing to see him employed as a
shill for the evil ones.

Also:
"No huge crowds for midnight Vista launch"
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8MVLDRO2.htm

- Nathan

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