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Microsoft Battles Vista Perception With Prizes

Posted by Zonk on from the you-too-may-already-be-a-winner dept.

LambAndMint writes "In what can only be described as an act of utter desperation to overcome Vista's mostly negative public perception issues, Microsoft has put together an online "Fact or Fiction" quiz about Windows Vista. Every person who submits themselves to Microsoft indoctrination gets a free shirt and the chance to win a $15,000 prize. Some of the supposed 'facts' will make you feel like you're reading a document from an alternate reality. Get ready to get a job as a computer salesman for a mass-market retailer as you go through the quiz."

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  1. Re:Cheat Sheet! No Silverlight Required! by KublaiKhan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Cheat Sheet, Short form:

    Pick the answer that makes Microsoft look good.

    That sound about right?

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    In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
    A stately pleasure dome decree
  2. Re:Cheat Sheet! No Silverlight Required! by Admiral+Ag · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ugh... now that's desperate.

    Even though I am usually a pitiless and fanatical member of the Apple Hyper Commando Flame Unit in their Eternal War Against Evil (TM), this has gotten so bad that it is hard for me not to feel a bit sorry for the programmers who wrote Vista. It has to suck when you spend five years on something and pour your heart into it (as many no doubt did), yet poor management turns all your work into that.

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    "by that I mean people who don't sit on slashdot all day wondering why everyone else isn't building robots" DECS
  3. Not all wrong... by Ken_g6 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    This one was right:

    Windows Vista delivers all new levels of security compared to previous Windows operating systems.
    Vista includes new levels of security for the both the MPAA and the RIAA!
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    (T>t && O(n)--) == sqrt(666)
  4. Re:All I read was... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    >but the "australia" in the URL is scary since they're shipping things
    Yeah, ya gotta watch out for those Australians shipping things. Why, they might try to slip a kangaroo into the package or something.

    >apparently the SilverLight installer is just some shady .exe.
    As opposed to the rest of the software on your computer that just magically appeared and runs in some otherworldly fashion, I suppose.

    But, my goodness, you're quite the Slashbot - I especially admire the fact that you got modded up for bashing Microsoft when you use Windows on your computer. The hypocrisy here knows no bounds, apparently.

    I know, I know: "You must be new here".