Very Computer

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/21851.html

I find this in very poor taste from M$.

Ive said it before, and ill say it again...

Theres really no need for linux supporters to argue and attack that which is
microsoft in order to assure victory; microsoft has been destroying itself
quite efficiently all on its own.

Patience is a virtue.

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Quote:> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/21851.html

> I find this in very poor taste from M$.

The ad just happens to look like buildings.  Even the story says that the
"towers" are clock hands.

Maybe I should have added a bit more...
The whole Idea is tasteless. No matter where its at.
But then again, the ad is still tasteless and the public
will view it as such since the WTC. Its just too close.

Greycloud -
    Ads are created and sent to magazines weeks in advance of the
print run.  You are blaming Microsoft for something they created
in July or August.

Tsu Dho Nimh

I wanted to make a witty comment, but I felt too overwhelmed by the sheer stupidity of it all.

On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 02:49:27 -0700,

In that case the ad was very prophetic, even more so because of
Gartner's most recent recommendation concerning the very hart of
Microsoft Enterprise solutions - IIS.

http://www3.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=101034
+Gartner remains concerned that
+viruses and worms will continue to attack IIS until Microsoft has released a
+completely rewritten, thoroughly and publicly tested, new release of IIS.
+Sufficient operational testing should follow to ensure that the initial wave
+of security vulnerabilities every software product experiences has been
+uncovered and fixed. This move should include any Microsoft .NET Web
+services, which requires the use of IIS. Gartner believes that this
+rewriting will not occur before year-end 2002 (0.8 probability).

And you cannot accuse Gartner of always being bias towards alternatives
to Microsoft.

Anyway, it might have been more prudent for Microsoft to at least
drop or replace that particular ad on doubleclick and elsewhere
on the web.

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>Tsu Dho Nimh

>I wanted to make a witty comment, but I felt too overwhelmed by the
>sheer stupidity of it all.

David Mohring - How do you think the Linux supporters feel dealing
                with the Microsoft FUD day in day out.

Well, you know, sometimes art has a habit of presaging life in a
disconcerting way. Much has been written about synchronicity...

Mysticism apart, I do think that it is an unfortunate image. It makes it look
like the corporate enterprise founded upon XP is on decidedly shaky
ground. Whoever dreamt up/approved this image needs their heads looking
at.

Ian

I highly doubt that considering the WTC.  The stupidity is in M$.

Well yes, that was my second impression.

1st: "Gee, isn't this ad in poor taste?"

2nd: "Why do two buildings which look like they are toppling over
constitute ''reliability''?"

Unlike print media, Internet ads can be pulled *instantly*, so this is
not the same as back when Princess Diana died and tabloids making up
stuff about her ended up on store shelves.  In fact, those tabloids
pulled their "magazines" from store shelves much faster than M$ pulled
a distasteful ad from an easier to remove medium.