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Microsoft PR Rep is the Switcher
Here's a followup to our
earlier story
about Microsoft's "inverse switch" campaign. The AP tracked down the switcher and spoke with her:
she's an employee at a Microsoft public relations firm but says she actually did switch from Mac to Windows. Microsoft's
page
is still 404 (but Google's
cache
still works).
The interesting part to me is that the AP "tracked Mallinson by examining personal data hidden within documents that Microsoft had published with its controversial ad." Hmmmmmm.
(Kudos to obidonn, the first to
demonstrate
the use of a stock photo, which piqued interest in this story.
As of noon EDT Oct. 15, other
stock
photos
are still being used in anonymous Microsoft "testimonials.")
All microsoft products are gone from my machine! Oh wait, I want to play Fallout one more time.....
How well it works in WineX: 4 out of 5
3
User Comments: Fallout works really fine; Haven't
experienced any glitches while testing
the game.
http://www.transgaming.com/gamepage.php?gameid=17
Considering /. was featured in the New York Times Today I'm sure the word will get out. /. is more well known and "mainstream" than you think. There are lots of normal people who read /. but don't post and don't read the comments.
What's funny is that my earlier post today Was modded down as a troll, and sparked a series of arguments that MS wouldn't be trolling/Astroturfing /.
;-)
(Can somebody give me back the points I lost for Troloing please?
LongTail SSH Brute Force analysis tool is here!
lol. Mod parent up!
Whoa. I'd get that checked out, buddy!
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Not really on-topic but, despite the recent move by the Chinese government to "unblock" access to Google, all cache functions are still inaccessible for those of us living on the mainland.
A dream is good. A plan is better.
Yes, because there's just no way anybody can disagree on slashdot and not work for Microsoft!
what incredibly shallow and mind-numbing logic.
And seeing how my legitimate comment gets modded -1, it's pretty obvious what a circle jerk this place is now.
SIG:Slashdot: indymedia for nerds.
I mean, Coca Cola is a popular drink, but you don't see them claiming it builds muscle or makes your penis/breats grow
I couldn't say for sure about my penis, but my breats are definitely twice the size they were before I started drinking coke.
No, your children are not the special ones. Nor are your pets.
Heh. One guy pointed out that iPhoto (Or whatever the name of the software was) wasn't released until after Christmas, so that lady who saved Christmas couldn't possibly have used THAT to save Christmas, but then admitted that there were some other options around at the time, so he wasn't necessarily calling her a fake.
It was the same guy that said the Switch ads were doing network admins a *great* disservice by saying that hooking up several Macs was "networking" and it was "easy", because it devalues the profession, and he'd like to see that person plan out a larger LAN, or a WAN with multiple OSes, email, dns servers, etc. etc.
I think the fact that the Apple ads are fluff, and that no one who knows anything about each individual topic will take them as more than "consumer" is enough.
-Sara