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I had a power strip which had "works with windows 95" on the packaging box.

dylan604 4y ago
This is just an example of how marketing knows nothing about the products they are marketing, or are just flat out snake oil sales. Like packaging for bacon exclaiming "gluten free"
- recursive 4y ago
  I mean... but it is? They're not wrong. Either the marketing works or it doesn't, but it's not false. If it works, then it's good marketing. If it doesn't, then the marketers don't know their market.
  - Joker_vD 4y ago
    Ah yes, "this cereal is asbestos-free!" kind of marketing. It's on the same page with non-GMO salt.
    - dylan604 4y ago
      Exactly. It doesn't really matter that the claim is technically true, it just has no bearing whatsoever on the product itself.
- print_goto_ten 4y ago
  >This is just an example of how marketing knows nothing about the products they are marketing Or it is a question that people who are not familiar with technology will ask frequently and makes no sense to people who are.
  - mgkimsal 4y ago
    I use bing, and tell people to 'bing it' sometimes (instead of 'google it'). I had a family member ask "will bing work with my yahoo?" So... I know those words individually, but... man... together, in that order... I don't know how to respond. I think I said something like "don't worry about it - it's not that big a deal" and left it at that.
cglace 4y ago
Did it work with 98?
- lowercased 4y ago
  I wasn't working at the same place in 1998, so I can't verify. The hype around Windows 95 at the time was... incredible. Midnight store openings, hours-long line waits... insanity.
  - kcplate 4y ago
    > The hype around Windows 95 at the time was... incredible. I left one job for another in 1994 simply because the new company had access to the windows Chicago beta program (and it was a 20% salary bump). But the main reason for me choosing g that org was the beta, because I had other offers with similar salary bumps at the same time.
Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
Wow, and I thought my headphones from 1998 that said "MP3 Ready" on the package were stupid.

This is just an example of how marketing knows nothing about the products they are marketing, or are just flat out snake oil sales. Like packaging for bacon exclaiming "gluten free"

recursive 4y ago
I mean... but it is? They're not wrong. Either the marketing works or it doesn't, but it's not false. If it works, then it's good marketing. If it doesn't, then the marketers don't know their market.
- Joker_vD 4y ago
  Ah yes, "this cereal is asbestos-free!" kind of marketing. It's on the same page with non-GMO salt.
  - dylan604 4y ago
    Exactly. It doesn't really matter that the claim is technically true, it just has no bearing whatsoever on the product itself.
print_goto_ten 4y ago
>This is just an example of how marketing knows nothing about the products they are marketing Or it is a question that people who are not familiar with technology will ask frequently and makes no sense to people who are.
- mgkimsal 4y ago
  I use bing, and tell people to 'bing it' sometimes (instead of 'google it'). I had a family member ask "will bing work with my yahoo?" So... I know those words individually, but... man... together, in that order... I don't know how to respond. I think I said something like "don't worry about it - it's not that big a deal" and left it at that.

cglace 4y ago

Did it work with 98?

lowercased 4y ago
I wasn't working at the same place in 1998, so I can't verify. The hype around Windows 95 at the time was... incredible. Midnight store openings, hours-long line waits... insanity.
- kcplate 4y ago
  > The hype around Windows 95 at the time was... incredible. I left one job for another in 1994 simply because the new company had access to the windows Chicago beta program (and it was a 20% salary bump). But the main reason for me choosing g that org was the beta, because I had other offers with similar salary bumps at the same time.

Sohcahtoa82 4y ago

Wow, and I thought my headphones from 1998 that said "MP3 Ready" on the package were stupid.