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The Rolling Stones tried that with Microsoft and "Start Me Up", they quoted what they thought was ridiculous $10M. Microsoft said sure, no problem.
by coldcode 6y ago
The Rolling Stones tried that with Microsoft and "Start Me Up", they quoted what they thought was ridiculous $10M. Microsoft said sure, no problem.
- Strom 6y agoThat's a fun story. Looking more into it, it seems that $10M is based on rumors and it was more likely $3M. [1] Doesn't change the point of the story though. -- [1] https://www.networkworld.com/article/2220097/what-microsoft-paid-the-stones-to-help-launch-windows-95.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/2220097/what-microsoft-...
- vntok 6y ago$10M is a debunked urban legend; the actual figure is only $3M, which is pretty standard. Microsoft's whole ad campaign for Win95 cost about $200M after all.