Microsoft: Bill Richest American… MS: Unfortunate Marketing
First things first, congrats, yet again, Bill is the richest person in America. Forbes released their “Richest Americans” – here is the vitals on Mr. Gates’ wealth:
Net Worth: $51.0 billion
Source: Software, Microsoft – Self made
Age: 49
Marital Status: married, 3 children
Hometown: Medina, WA
On an interesting note, many of the richest people to date, made most of their money though leveraged buy outs (LBO’s). Ethical? Right? Their on the list.
On the flip side, Microsoft should really examine their marketing strategy. Over the summer, while driving to IBM, I would hear radio commercials advertising Windows XP…
A couple days later I learn that Microsoft started a large scale global advertising campaign promoting Windows XP.
Microsoft, take it from me, the world uses your OS – literally the world – everyone – start with a better product – or better yet, just tell me why Word must start in Safe Mode to work.
What Do I Want To Do Today? – Just start my computer, that’s it, just start and run.
MSN is starting to get creative with their ads. Might as well, 150 million people use MSN every month. But when I see ads like this – I can’t help but say “Why???”
Ok – if you see in the About Box, I have MSN 7.0 – why is it telling me to download it again?
Its not all bad with Microsoft. I’m sure if a Mac OS or Linux OS was used on almost every computer in the world, they’d have problems too. Executed independently, I’m sure Windows or any major OS would be just fine – start adding third part software, virus/worm threats, external hardware and some overall bad programming – what do you get? Global advertising campaigns telling the world your still the best choice.
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