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2008-04-21 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
Rick Schummer wrote: But where's the accountability? John Dough over in dept authorized us to spend $75,000 on this video. ?? Funny punster (Dough instead of Doe), Mike. You caught that, I see! g snipped We can also look at the upside. *If* Microsoft did

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2008-04-21 Thread Bill Anderson
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 *might*

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2008-04-21 Thread Jeff Johnson
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,

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2008-04-20 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
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 say that

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2008-04-20 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
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 and

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2008-04-20 Thread Rick Schummer
But where's the accountability? John Dough over in dept 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

RE: [NF] How can you *not* want Vista after this? follow-up:

2008-04-19 Thread Kenneth Kixmoeller
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:

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2008-04-19 Thread Ed Leafe
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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2008-04-19 Thread Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh
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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2008-04-19 Thread Rick Schummer
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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2008-04-19 Thread Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh
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 that