Diary of a Network Geek

The trials and tribulations of a Certified Novell Engineer who's been stranded in Houston, Texas.

1/11/2005

Sneaky Micro$oft

Filed under: Criticism, Marginalia, and Notes,Geek Work,News and Current Events — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Hare which is in the early morning or 7:15 am for you boring, normal people.
The moon is Waxing Crescent

Oh, my, but they are sneaky.
Of course, I should expect that from these folks, but, still, I fell for this one. I was checking my Hotmail account, as I sometimes do at lunch, and saw a link to an interesting news story. At least, I thought it was a news story. Instead, it turned out to be a thinly veiled advertisement for MicroSoft. The article was titled Gaming Company Gets High-Score Thanks to Innovative IT. Sounds pretty good, right? I thought so too, so I clicked on it. SUCKER!
What this actually links to is a “case study” that “is intended to provide real-world examples of IT solutions. Case studies are created by Microsoft to show how IT solutions help customers meet their business needs.” In other words, an ad. Plain and simple an ad for MicroSoft programming tools. Not that they have bad programming tools, mind. After all, they’re about the only one’s left marketing programming tools of any kind that even registers as a blip on my radar anymore. (If anyone has others that are enterprise level, post a comment!) But, I sure felt like I’d been suckered when I got to the ad.
Tricksy Hobbits.


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