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AMD Talk » Microsoft ad: Seinfeld & Gates shoe shop flop — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:30:04 +0000

[...] Kara Swisher wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThere won’t be any backlash with this Microsoft ad, though – no matter which side of the fence you’re on, it’s hard to watch Bill Gates in action and not see him as just the goofy, geeky guy that he is. And the bonus shot of his Shoe … [...]

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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:59:00 +0000

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By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:06:00 +0000

Better luck next time Microsoft. If you want to seem “cool” like Apple, you probably shouldn't have hired a cultural phenom… from 10 years ago!

By: Peter_Allen

Peter_Allen — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:38:47 +0000

I can see the ad benefiting Bill Gates' persona… but so far it does nothing for me in regards to Vista. Sure, there might be a longer narrative at play with this series… but the opener would have caused me to change the channel.