[Cialug] Microsoft's attempts to overcome Vista preconceptions

[Nathan C. Smith]

"There's a sucker born every minute." -Hannum  ( not Barnum - http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Nuzum
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:02 AM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: [Cialug] Microsoft's attempts to overcome Vista
> preconceptions
>
> >From a co-worker:
>
> --
> Matthew Nuzum
> newz2000 on freenode
>
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>
> Spotted this: http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/
>
> In interviews with computer users, Microsoft have been asking what
> people think of Vista. That is, people who've never used Vista.
>
> According to the video on the above website, the response was
> largely negative.
>
> They then showed the interviewees Vista but pretended it was called
> Windows Mojave and that it was the next version of Windows. Cue lots
> of "Wow, it's so cool" responses.
>
> At the end of the video, the interviewer comes clean and, again, cue
> "I gotta get it" type responses.
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