Comments on: Microsoft to Give Seinfeld the Axe http://gigaom.com/apple/microsoft-to-give-seinfeld-the-axe/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Apple Co-Founder Wozniak Turns To Acting | The Apple Blog http://gigaom.com/apple/microsoft-to-give-seinfeld-the-axe/#comment-332155 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:00:20 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4802#comment-332155 [...] the abrupt end of Bill Gates’s recent promotional tête à tete with Seinfeld, there’s clearly a comedy void left somewhere in the galaxy. Fortunately, Steve Wozniak, [...]

]]> By: pwner http://gigaom.com/apple/microsoft-to-give-seinfeld-the-axe/#comment-332154 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:07:59 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4802#comment-332154
New Ad without seinfeld

]]> By: Microsoft’s New “I’m A PC” Ads Air; Something Is Fundamentally Wrong | The Apple Blog http://gigaom.com/apple/microsoft-to-give-seinfeld-the-axe/#comment-332149 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:47:58 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4802#comment-332149 [...] began airing its “phase 2″ of their $300 million ad campaign (after giving Seinfeld the boot) which features regular, everyday users saying “I’m A PC”…yes, it’s a [...]

]]> By: Mark Ashton http://gigaom.com/apple/microsoft-to-give-seinfeld-the-axe/#comment-332153 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:45:24 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4802#comment-332153 Just out of curiousity…do you really think that Microsoft somehow miraculously produced a new set of ads in the last 10 days because the technorati blogged negatively about the Gates/Seinfeld ads? You give yourselves way too much credit. The idea of doing “teaser” ads to launch a campaign is not new or common.

It just cracks me up how people (especially bloggers) over-state their influence. Microsoft may not alawys be the smartest company in the world but they’re not so dumb as to let a bunch of software geeks drive their advertising strategy.

]]> By: Microsoft’s New Marketing Tactic: Let People Know That You Are “The PC Guy” | The Apple Blog http://gigaom.com/apple/microsoft-to-give-seinfeld-the-axe/#comment-332145 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:39:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4802#comment-332145 [...] Porter, the agency behind Microsoft’s seemingly failed ad campaign (and if not “failed”, then certainly “confusing”), has been [...]

]]> By: Wesley http://gigaom.com/apple/microsoft-to-give-seinfeld-the-axe/#comment-332152 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:47:30 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4802#comment-332152 Maybe I’m in the minority here, but I thought the commercials were entertaining. Sure, they made no sense, but isn’t that Seinfeld?

]]> By: BustersDad http://gigaom.com/apple/microsoft-to-give-seinfeld-the-axe/#comment-332151 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:45:50 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4802#comment-332151 Damn, I too was hoping that there was a grand punchline that would make all that nonsense come together. But maybe my hopes were too high.

]]> By: Michael Teuber http://gigaom.com/apple/microsoft-to-give-seinfeld-the-axe/#comment-332150 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:30:21 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4802#comment-332150 Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

]]> By: Philip Downer http://gigaom.com/apple/microsoft-to-give-seinfeld-the-axe/#comment-332144 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:23:25 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4802#comment-332144 It’s probably for the best. Gates and Seinfeld are so awkward together that it actually hurt my cranium.

]]> By: WordVixen http://gigaom.com/apple/microsoft-to-give-seinfeld-the-axe/#comment-332146 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:55:46 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4802#comment-332146 Personally, I thought they were far too long. Not that I’m against long commercials if they’re entertaining or informative, but the two that were released were neither. I actually announced to my husband after seeing the second commercial that if the new operating system isn’t insanely better than Vista, my next computer will be a Mac.

Negative impact? Yes, I think so.

]]> By: Bill http://gigaom.com/apple/microsoft-to-give-seinfeld-the-axe/#comment-332147 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:48:10 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4802#comment-332147 They are about nothing.

]]>