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, inspirational and got everyone motivated to go out and sell.
In that light the Microsoft video is kind of sad. It would be better as a spoof. Jeff Jeff Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] SanDC, Inc. 623-582-0323 Fax 623-869-0675 Bill Anderson wrote: > 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: >> >>> Hmmmmm... 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 others? >> >> I'm more inclined to believe that this admission is an effort to >> save >> face. > > > That's my take as well. > > There was too much effort and detail in the video for it to be a spoof. If > it's a spoof, the audience has to get it -- but it clearly wasn't > tongue-in-cheek. > > Remember, MSFT is first a marketing company. This video isn't targeted for > you or I, but resellers. > > The video got You-Tubed and MSFT, being an marketing company, has tried to > get out in front of it -- "It's a spoof! Wink! Wink! Don't you get it?" > > Bill > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
