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Noticed it, but I like(d) the ad / package / presentation. Personally, I think this is "good" marketing.
by FlorianRappl 8y ago
Noticed it, but I like(d) the ad / package / presentation.
Personally, I think this is "good" marketing.
- pickpuck 8y agoKudos to you for noticing but! I think they should add some kind of disclosure.
- the_duke 8y agoThis is the kind of PR (rather than marketing) that I despise, because it is deceiving.
- madeofpalk 8y agoI mean, its annoying that it wasn't clearly stated that it was a MS article, but from the beginning I thought it was fairly clear that it was an advertisement for something, and all the Microsoft references was a pretty strong hint it was for them.
- maroonblazer 8y agoDo we know for a fact that this was a marketing tactic conceived and developed by the Marketing group at Microsoft? Versus simply these three individuals, of their own accord, wanting to show off the tools in a fun(?) way?
- Nullabillity 8y agoDoes it matter? If you're showing off something that depends on your company's product then you're advertising for them, regardless of whether you're paid for it directly.
- maroonblazer 8y agoYes, it does matter. I'd question the intentions of a marketing department very differently than I would 3 developers who appreciate a given set of tools and want to share them with other developers.