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If you believe it: http://tinyurl.com/6krlyl and http://tinyurl.com/6qdffl Hm... If true, how is it that they can spend money this way? Not sure I believe it. Ken ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.c

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On Apr 19, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Kenneth Kixmoeller wrote: > Hm... If true, how is it that they can spend money this way? Not > sure I believe it. If they had a history of creating high-quality videos, I *might* believe that this was a spoof. But really: is it so different than their

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On Apr 19, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: > I'm more inclined to believe that > this admission is an effort to save face. Yeah --- no matter how big a company you are -- I've yet to meet a corporate manager who would spend -- what do you think this thing cost? -- minimally $50,000?

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>> Yeah --- no matter how big a company you are -- I've yet to meet a corporate manager who would spend -- what do you think this thing cost? -- minimally $50,000? -- just to make a spoof?<< I am not saying this was an intended spoof or not, but I can say I have seen Microsoft spend money to

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On Apr 19, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Rick Schummer wrote: > Have you seen the video on Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft? > > How about the video on "We Share Your Pain" video? > > Money is not a restriction. Yes, I've seen them and I was thinking about those when I replied. (I offered to my customers

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Kenneth Kixmoeller wrote: > If you believe it: > > http://tinyurl.com/6krlyl > > and > > http://tinyurl.com/6qdffl > > Hm... If true, how is it that they can spend money this way? Not > sure I believe it. > Exactlyyou'd think the stockholders would have a legitimate gripe. They'd sa

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Rick Schummer wrote: > I am not saying this was an intended spoof or not, but I can say I > have seen Microsoft spend money > to create videos that were more costly than 50K just in the time Bill Gates > was on screen (not > including all the outtakes). They do like to do these types of things an

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>> But where's the accountability? "John Dough over in authorized us to spend $75,000 on this video." ??<< Funny punster (Dough instead of Doe), Mike. Accountability to who? First of all, you need to work in a large company to understand accountability such as this. Each enti

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Rick Schummer wrote: >>> But where's the accountability? "John Dough over in authorized >>> > us to spend $75,000 on this video." ??<< > > Funny punster (Dough instead of Doe), Mike. > You caught that, I see! > We can also look at the upside. *If* Microsoft did pro

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On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 19, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Kenneth Kixmoeller wrote: > > > Hm... If true, how is it that they can spend money this way? Not > > sure I believe it. > > > If they had a history of creating high-quality videos, I *mi

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I am inclined to believe it is a film to get the troops fired up. I used to work for General Electric in the appliance division. They had a sales video made by the Muppets. They showed it at the end of product training classes and it definitely produced the desired results. It was funny, in