Hmmm, I don't recall seeing that commercial. Are you sure you aren't confusing it with the Microsoft Corp in your head?
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Steve, good point. I agree that getting someone to switch from one thing > to > >another is generally difficult. That's where Microsoft makes their money. > >Microsoft Office is a good example - I run into businesses that say they > >don't like Office that much, but they have to have it for compatibility > with > >clients, partners, etc. > > This reminds me of a post from a few weeks ago about adding software to a > Windows PC. I think it was FireFox. The poster was concerned that adding > new software would somehow make the computer stop working. > > Microsoft has been very effective at marketing by fear. Their message is > that deviating from their products will make you an outcast. Your > computer will break, nobody will be able to read your files, and > everything sent to you will be gibberish. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
