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Who's scroogled now?

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/Scroogle...

This is so embarrassing.

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this has nothing to do with the scroogled campaing though...

Correct, your data being inaccessible isn't the same as being Scroogled (per MS)

You could argue that it's MORE secure if even you can't access it. But I wouldn't argue that.

Maybe if Microsoft wasn't wasting its time trying to spread slurs about competitors, it could actually spend that time creating interesting software, building viable new products, and making sure it doesn't f*ck up its own DNS records. Or maybe someone's making that point for them ...

You're really reaching now.

Yes, I'm quite sure the marketing team in charge of the Scroogled campaign has the technical chops to prevent a DNS outage.

Judging by their revenues, someone must find their software interesting, or at least useful.

They just haven't finished burning through the world's biggest lead.

Ah, so they had a huge lead and they are losing it, I see.

Oh wait:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2013/oct13/10-24fy...

REDMOND, Wash. — October 24, 2013 — Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $18.53 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. Gross margin, operating income, net income, and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $13.42 billion, $6.33 billion, $5.24 billion, and $0.62 per share.

I chuckle at how a lot of anti-MS zealots are absolutely mystified at how non-anti-MS simply can possibly be so delusional.

Wow. That was a reach.

Yes, ALL the developers (judging by your comment, who are no doubt better coders than you) at Microsoft are working on the new marketing campaign. Jesus christ, viable new products, perhaps they should just start making beer delivery apps on the rails stack, that'll prove themselves right? That 4chan thread the other day was exactly about guys like you.

Fair point. My original comment was poorly worded; I obviously didn't mean to imply any of the things you're claiming here. I merely (over)reacted out of extreme frustration with a marketing campaign that I can barely believe someone at Microsoft sanctioned. Whatever any of us think of Microsoft (I'm obviously not their biggest fan), you have to admit that this is a low, LOW move, and something that probably never would have happened were Bill Gates still in charge.

Because Google never has outages.

Wow, didn't expect they were selling merchandise. This is a new low even for Microsoft. Microsoft were never considered to be a company which puts ethics over money, and this just shows that they are jealous. They would do worse if they were in Google's place.

But selling merchandise? Come on, really! Is there at least one person in the world who could use these items and make it seem like they are making a fair point?

Jealous? To me it shows aggressive brand management. I've never really seen Microsoft as a company above ribbing on competitors. Why is it even a bad thing? Apple did it against PC for like a decade.

Apple had a point, that they were cooler. They were saying, "hey, we are different". How does what Microsoft's saying about Google not apply to it? MS doesn't care about your privacy any more than Google. With the Snowden revelations and all, they have no case to make.

I disagree. Microsoft is a company who makes most of their money selling software, and hardware and services play a small part. They do almost no advertising.

Google is a company who derives about 99% of its revenue directly from its advertising business, of which utilizing user data from free services is the crux of the data-based approach that drives their success.

It seems like false equivalence to me. Same reason why I trust Apple way more than Google with data. Because Apple makes all their money on the hardware, not on the future use of your data for advertising purposes.

Most aggressive marketing/brand management generally doesn't involve selling products saying "[competitor] is bad and evil!!!"

Commercials sometimes, sure, but not wearable merchandise. I think it makes Microsoft seem quite petty, especially since they're trying to coin a whole new word out of it ("Scroogled").

Totally off-topic: Based on your nick, I may know you. Live in Northern Illinois by chance? With a short stint at a place near Oak Brook?

Hubris -> Atë! (not that any of you youngsters would understand that reference)

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