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Microsoft’s “Softwear”

by Oz K. Fodrotski on Dec.09, 2008, under Rants

The latest push of Microsoft’s “I’m a PC” campaign has come, in the form of t-shirts that you probably pay for with your money.  Seriously. No, seriously. I can’t find a “buy” link, but rest assured I’ll update this post with it when I find one.

Honestly, I’ve found the whole ad blitz to be a horrible waste of effort on Microsoft’s part. Indeed, the old abbreviation “M$” had might as well stand for “Mad $tacks;” even in the midst of a recession they’re making money hand over fist (to the tune of $15.1 billion this latest fiscal quarter).  Despite losing some ground in the laptop field, Windows remains the dominant desktop OS, holds a healthy chunk of the server OS market, hell, even the Xbox 360 division is finally turning a profit. I suspect, regardless of the “I’m a PC” ads, they don’t need youthful hipsters. At least, not as much as they seem to think they do.

Marketing blowholery aside, am I alone in thinking the DOS shirt design looks pretty swank? I do love me some DOS.

(as seen on Engadget.)

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