I dont want to turn my blog into a Microsoft bashing site but I couldnt help comment on this. What is up with the ads Microsoft puts out. They continue to wow me…with their consistently poor quality. I just dont get them! Just search for “Office dinasours ads” or something along those lines and you will see what I mean. Of course, there are exceptions and the XBox ads (that keep running in building 50) seem pretty good. On the other hand, Apple seems to consistently put out great ads. Almost wants to make me buy a Mac or an iPod!
Now, coming to the case in point: somebody please tell me that this isnt a Microsoft site: http://comingzune.com! From the preliminary research at http://zuneinfo.com/24/microsoft-zune/digging-into-comingzunecom/ it doesnt look like it is a Microsoft website but I wouldnt be too surprised if it did turn out to be a Microsoft site. I would, however, be disappointed though…
July 25, 2006 at 6:24 am
If THAT is a Microsoft site Scoble’s right… MS marketing ought to be fired, razed and totally rethought… ground up.
July 25, 2006 at 7:02 pm
I didnt know that Scoble had also commented on this. Ought to keep up with his posts more often!
And while we are on this subject (MS Marketing), let me also get this out of my system: what is up with the Live.com marketing names?? I wanted to use the new maps service and spent the next 10 mins trying to figure out the correct URL (maps.live.com, live.maps.com etc). Finally it turns out to be local.live.com! Who wud have thunk!
Here is a sample of some of the names up on http://ideas.live.com/?mkt=en-us: Windows Live Mail Beta, Windows Live DesktopMail Beta, Live.com Beta, More Live Stuff etc. Enjoy!
Btw, Scoble also also seems irked by this: http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/the-coming-gymae-developer-wars/