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You admire Microsoft's ability to "leverage their monopolistic position" through marketing? Isn't that the complete opposite of the very idea of marketing? Mos
by dcurtis 19y ago
You admire Microsoft's ability to "leverage their monopolistic position" through marketing? Isn't that the complete opposite of the very idea of marketing?
Most of their marketing is terrible, anyway. Vista did not make me say "Wow."
- johnm 19y agoAh, I should have been more explicit. Whether their marketing works on us "elitists" or not is irrelevant -- it works for the vast majority of people who actually pony up money for their products and services. That's admirable in the "excellent, first-rate" definition -- not in the "inspiring approval, reverence, or affection" way. In fact, that kind of power is truly frightening to me -- akin to the scary power of elected officials and the bureaucratic juggernauts. Also, you seem to be confusing their wretched advertising with "marketing". I totally agree that their ads suck.