Remember all of that chaos from Microsoft’s launch of  Windows 95?  Windows 7 did make people as crazy as Windows 95 did but apparently that was not necessary. “Windows 7 is by far the fastest selling Operating System in history” -Craig Beilinson. Mr. Beilinson did not release the actual sales data for Windows 7 but [...] Read more »
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Windows 7 is the fastest selling Operating System in history
Under: Windows 7
Tags: Craig Beilinson, Marketing, Microsoft, Sales, Windows 7
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The Windows 7 Family Pack Is Disappearing
It appears as if Microsoft is not replenishing supplies of the Windows 7 Family Pack that sold for $149.99. The Family Pack was 3 upgrade licenses for those of us that have multiple computers in our household. While Microsoft did say that this package would only be for a limited time, I think Microsoft needs [...] Read more »
Under: Windows 7
Tags: Family Pack, Marketing, Microsoft, Retail Supply, Windows 7
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It’s Somewhere Between Arial and Wingdings
Yesterday with the Google Chrome OS announcement there also came into play a huge Microsoft announcement that will be delivered on Monday. Late yesterday and again today there is an abundance of Microsoft Office news including the above video. While it does not quite equal the notoriety of the Internet Explorer 8 commercials it is [...] Read more »
Under: Marketing
Tags: Advertisement, Marketing, Microsoft, Office
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IE8 Makes Some People Puke, Microsoft Removes Ad
Viral Marketing is still a relatively new thing to many companies and sometimes it can back fire. Microsoft in their attempt to create a viral video advertising Internet Explorer 8 might have gone a little too far. After the video was released this week enough people complained and Microsoft pulled the advertisement.
Skip this paragraph if [...] Read more »
Under: Marketing
Tags: IE 8, Internet Explorer, Marketing, Microsoft
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Microsoft is winning the war of Value Perception
There has been a lot of speculation that Microsoft’s new ad campaign has been working to convince people that Windows machines are a better value. Â If in fact this is true it would be the first time in recent history that Microsoft’s ads are out performing Apple’s.
The actual data itself is very interesting and shows [...] Read more »
Under: Reports
Tags: Apple, BrandIndex, Market Share, Marketing, Microsoft
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