Jerry Seinfeld to pitch Vista
Flagging sales to get a comedic boost
SOME BRIGHT SPARK in the Vole's marketing department has apparently decided that the what will turn around flagging Vista sales is for it to be pitched by Jerry Seinfeld.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the well known stand up comic will be spearheading a $300 million campaign by Miami based agency Crispin, Porter & Bogusky.
Seinfeld will reportedly be snatching up $10 million for his part in the push, which isn't exactly small change for anyone, and given we haven't seen Jerry around for some time now (although we did hear his voice in B movie), it should come as a welcome boost to his bank balance.
Apparently he will be appearing next to Bill Gates in something that sounds suspiciously like a counter attack to the 'I'm a PC and I'm a Mac' ads.
How well Vista is doing is a matter of some contention, but with some reports suggesting that many users are 'downgrading' from Vista to XP, combined with the growth of alternative operating systems, it's clear that Microsoft has to do something to rectify the situation.
However we're pretty sure that most users would rather our Volish friends pumped the $300 million into speeding up the development of Windows 7, than use arguably funny comics to try flog the flailing Vista. µ
L'INQ
Comments
Mojave Scam
"Hey, Bill. Seems no one likes Vista unless we pay them to like it. What should we do?""Order 300 million dollars worth of pig lipstick, and find me an over the hill comedian who isn't funny."
Oh, and lets make a video like we did for the US Justice Department, and show it to some XP users and pretend that it changed their minds about using Vista.
I live in Redmond, and friends who work at Microsoft keep offering me free copies of Vista, which I turn down. Now if a hard core computer user does not want Vista even for free, what does that tell you?
I recently converted my entire small business to Ubuntu, and I could not be happier. Would someone please tell Microsoft that they are irrelevant?
Seinfeld
Well, considering I think Seinfeld is as humorous as scraping your shoe after stepping in something you didn't want to step in, I can see where this will really make me want to go out and buy all new PCs so I can be abused by Vista. Oh, yeah, let me at 'em.Vista is a poster child for abortion rights, and I see no reason, given what's been pitched already, why Windoze 7 will be any better, if not significantly worse (if possible).
Tiresome
Well, given that this publication's style of ranting and raving is getting so stale, I doubt you'd see humor if it was wrapped in a pink tutu. Now if you find humor in those dul Mac vs.PC ads, then I don't have much hope for ya. Seriously, the negativity doesn't sell as it once did. Just a heads up to get with the times before you're left behind.It's about "nothing"!
Jerry is perfect for Vista since he has done a show "about nothing" that people will watch because it's on TV, it makes complete comedy sense to advertise for an OS that has "nothing" important but people should buy because it's been released.Oy Veh! This will never work!
Bill Gates is too Jewish!And what's with Jerry?
There's got to be a kvetch.
He's Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Isn't Anything PC any more?
What will the anti-Semites say?
These clowns will schlep and kibitz schlemiels and nebbishes of Macdom on the virtues of Vista until the two mensches have made it into an endless parade of gags, an unstoppable flow of jokes, and a genuine slant on life and on society.
And that is just not right.
That, is the INQUIRER's job.
Seinfeld?
Gosh, I hope no-one thinks Microsoft is out of touch. notnews.today.com/2008/08/21/30/What?
Michael Richards wasn't available?I liked Seinfeld's show.
It's one of the better US shows that we got sent over the past decade.Maybe Vista is such a joke that they are just going to load it up and laugh at it?
300 million
To try and find a bigger joke then Vista?Of course Vista sales are picking up!
I'm IT at a just-started K-12 school. We have an open-value Microsoft school agreement.As part of this, we need to get OEM OSes for all our PCs to get that pesky CoA off of them stuck on each case.
Since I intended to install Windows XP all along and couldn't care less what was actually printed on the CoA, as I wouldn't even touch the discs except to look at the pretty holograms when I'm bored, I ordered the cheapest thing that would legally work, according to the MS people here. Which was Windows XP Starter.
So imagine my surprise when they shipped me 100 units of Vista Starter at no extra cost! FYI, the Vista Starter was 133% the price of XP Starter on the initial price lists.
I guess we know where at least 100 extra Vista sales came from, eh?
;-)
PS. I remember the MS guy asking me if we'll be installing Vista, during the negotiations for the deal. My automatic response was to joke: "how much will you pay us if we do?". I guess I should have phrased that better and stuck with the idea... :-D
Funny funny funny
I know the Inq's stock in trade is to be oh-so-dismissive, but remember that in a show on Channel 4, Seinfeld was voted as the third best sitcom ever. (Only behind Frasier and Fawlty Towers.)Vista is as funny as a crutch
Didn't watch that whiny shmuck the entire time he was on the boob tube, so I certainly won't pay any attention to a commercial with him kvetching for pay once again. And as for that gold-plated turd called Vista, I still use Windows 2000. No DRM, no kiddified Luna or Aero interface, and best of all, no Windows "Genuine Advantage". Nah, nah, nah, Pfffft!