Internal Vista SP1 promo: “Rockin’ Our Sales”
Posted by Steven Parker on 16 April 2008 - 12:53 · 86 comments & 41480 views
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#1 Posted by Mieky242 on 16 Apr 2008 - 13:00
- That video was pretty lame..
Not sure if it was supposed to be a joke or serious.
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#2 Posted by c e 3 2 0 on 16 Apr 2008 - 13:00
- OK, I can see why that was never designed to be seen outside Redmond O.o
Still, it's good that they can poke some fun at themselves
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#3 Posted by MightyJordan on 16 Apr 2008 - 13:01
- A million WTFs to this video. I'm a Microsoft fanboy, but this is honestly the stupidest marketing video I have ever seen.
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#3.2 Posted by MightyJordan on 16 Apr 2008 - 17:54
- (.Rik said @ #3.1)Windows 386?
I stand corrected. I just watch it on YouTube, and I didn't think anything could beat the SP1 song!
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#4 Posted by miguel_montes on 16 Apr 2008 - 13:04
- I'm speechless...
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#5 Posted by lOUDsCREAMEr on 16 Apr 2008 - 13:12
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#6 Posted by FATILA on 16 Apr 2008 - 13:12
- Incredible cheese, reminds me of the MS-DOS commercial in the schoolroom.
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#8 Posted by MurkWorks on 16 Apr 2008 - 13:21
- MS makes all that money, and this is best they come up with..? Sad...
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#8.1 Posted by Imran Hussain on 16 Apr 2008 - 13:25
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MS makes all that money, and this is best they come up with..? Sad...
If they'd spend all the money on ads, how would they use that money to compete with every company in the world
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#9 Posted by +stevember on 16 Apr 2008 - 13:25
- Good Courtney Cox look alike...
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#11 Posted by ID2 on 16 Apr 2008 - 13:43
- (shudders in utter disbelief at the horror and the inane witlessness)
. . Oh, GOD!!!
(buries head in hands and weeps)
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#12 Posted by XerXis on 16 Apr 2008 - 13:57
- whahahahahaha, lol, that was great :p never seen such a lame attempt at promoting something! Even if it is for internal use only
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#13 Posted by nowimnothing on 16 Apr 2008 - 13:59
- Wait, so you're telling me an internal video that was never meant for public consumption was lame?
::yawn::
Moving along...
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#14 Posted by SouthWest on 16 Apr 2008 - 14:00
- Reminds me of that Win 95 video with Jennifer Aniston and Mathew Perry...
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#15 Posted by LTD on 16 Apr 2008 - 14:05
- LOL.
More proof MS is clueless when ti comes to design. And marketing. Even if for internal use only.
But they sure have licensing down to a fine art. That's for sure. -
#15.1 Posted by +stevember on 16 Apr 2008 - 14:21
- On the contrary it's front page here, will be watched a lot on youtube....
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#15.2 Posted by LTD on 16 Apr 2008 - 14:34
- (stevember said @ #15.1)On the contrary it's front page here, will be watched a lot on youtube....
Marketing genius...
It's front page because of itsgeniusgayness. It's not even clever.
It's like when Mitt Romney was trying to connect with the African American community. It was laughable.
I really don't think it'll help sell Vista.
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#15.3 Posted by C_Guy on 16 Apr 2008 - 15:04
- He didn't say the content was genius, he said the marketing was genius.
The bottom line is it got people talking about Vista. It cost them virtually nothing. That's not bad marketing. And it was never intended for public release. The old saying "there's no such thing as bad publicity" isn't without merit. At least Microsoft doesn't spend all their marketing dollars talking about the competition.
As for the homosexuality, you will need to point it out to the rest of us. It's obviously something only you have seen in this video, for whatever reason.
And please do a little reading before you post - Microsoft's licensing has little to do with Vista's sales. -
#15.4 Posted by toadeater on 16 Apr 2008 - 21:34
- (stevember said @ #15.1)On the contrary it's front page here, will be watched a lot on youtube....
Marketing genius...
When you've got nothing to market, you don't want to show baseless, poorly made propaganda off to the world. People are going to see this and think even worse of Microsoft. Microsoft is much better off keeping quiet instead of trying to spin their mistakes. This is like something Hillary Clinton would do.
I bet you like how they tried to sneak in the "Vista is ok now that SP1 is out" thing in there, eh? But you do really think anyone in the business world is naive enough to believe that without first doing their own tests? -
#15.5 Posted by +GreyWolfSC on 16 Apr 2008 - 22:21
- (toadeater said @ #15.6)(stevember said @ #15.1)On the contrary it's front page here, will be watched a lot on youtube....
Marketing genius...
When you've got nothing to market, you don't want to show baseless, poorly made propaganda off to the world. People are going to see this and think even worse of Microsoft. Microsoft is much better off keeping quiet instead of trying to spin their mistakes. This is like something Hillary Clinton would do.
I bet you like how they tried to sneak in the "Vista is ok now that SP1 is out" thing in there, eh? But you do really think anyone in the business world is naive enough to believe that without first doing their own tests?
*sigh* It's an internal video. It wasn't intended to be leaked. There's nothing wrong with Hillary Clinton that isn't wrong with the rest of the candidates. There's nothing wrong with Vista. And pay attention. The video says that enterprises can adopt it now that it's hit SP1. It's a tongue-in-cheek reference to the superstition of waiting for a service pack before corporations adopt a new OS, but apparently you don't "get" subtlety.
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#16 Posted by Ani Maul on 16 Apr 2008 - 14:15
- I know Bruce Springsteen isn't dead yet, but when he is he will be spinning in his grave over this video. I love how cheesy crap like this can make you feel embarrassed just by watching it. When the HELL has anyone ever heard a boss say something unprofessionally colloquial like, "Gotta get me some" during a frickin vendor meeting!
Hilarious.
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#17 Posted by notta on 16 Apr 2008 - 14:20
- I kid you not, I just realized 3/4 way through that my mouth was hanging open. Are you kidding me?
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#18 Posted by +GreyWolfSC on 16 Apr 2008 - 14:25
- It is pretty silly, but it's an internal pep video. The employee that leaked it and called it 'stupid' should go look for another job and a sense of humor.
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#19 Posted by Tikitiki on 16 Apr 2008 - 14:27
- Look at who posted that YouTube video - "THEPr0nbot"
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#20 Posted by jtherrien on 16 Apr 2008 - 14:37
- Can't you guys tell that it's an internal joke? It's supposed to be corny. There's no question about it...
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#21 Posted by michael.dobrofsky on 16 Apr 2008 - 14:39
- OMG, are they really like that internally?
OMG.
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#24 Posted by - Kaboose - on 16 Apr 2008 - 14:54
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#26 Posted by +ispamforfood on 16 Apr 2008 - 15:09
- I have been forever traumatized by this video........
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#28 Posted by Dwarden on 16 Apr 2008 - 15:13
- well i think MS should fire everyone who let pass this thing beyond first 'script' read ...
anyway is Neowin now MS only news ? like 75% of main news is about MS -
#28.1 Posted by C_Guy on 16 Apr 2008 - 16:31
- Sorry that no one else had made significant headlines in the past few days on NeoWIN. It's actually quite refreshing to not be bombarded with Apple "news" for once.
Now, what on Earth would the "win" in NeoWIN possibly mean?
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#28.2 Posted by Tikitiki on 16 Apr 2008 - 21:42
- (C_Guy said @ #28.1)Sorry that no one else had made significant headlines in the past few days on NeoWIN. It's actually quite refreshing to not be bombarded with Apple "news" for once.
Now, what on Earth would the "win" in NeoWIN possibly mean?
Hhhmmm.......
some dude named "neo" won something?
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#29 Posted by leesmithg on 16 Apr 2008 - 15:18
- Is that real or someone extracting the urine?
If the singer is a real singer, he should invest in some singing lessons, as he is poor.
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#30 Posted by FloatingFatMan on 16 Apr 2008 - 15:45
- I think it's hilarious!
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#31 Posted by Chicane-UK on 16 Apr 2008 - 15:48
- Dear god. That is toe curlingly bad.
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#32 Posted by Novaoblivion on 16 Apr 2008 - 15:54
- Microsoft make the iPod box and the oPhone was waaaay better than this. This was awful!
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#34 Posted by +Dakkaroth on 16 Apr 2008 - 16:24
- Man, if this was meant as an "internal" joke, then you got to wonder how much Microsoft spends on simply useless crap. Maybe they have a "lolwtfbbq" budget or something.
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#35 Posted by C_Guy on 16 Apr 2008 - 16:29
- OMG no one on Neowin can take a joke, OMG! LOLZ!!! Look at Microsoft's bad marketing, OMG OMG this is horrible...
You know what? It's nice to see that Microsoft doesn't take themselves too seriously. Of course this is lame but it's geared for an internal audience only. It's a joke, Comprendez? A JOKE. If you can't laugh at it I'd really hate to see what your day to day life is like, especially at work. -
#35.1 Posted by QuarterSwede on 16 Apr 2008 - 16:53
- Unfortunately it's so lame I'm sure it's been quite the de-motivator. If my company did something like this I'd wish I didn't work there.
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#35.2 Posted by Athernar on 16 Apr 2008 - 19:23
- (QuarterSwede said @ #35.1)Unfortunately it's so lame I'm sure it's been quite the de-motivator. If my company did something like this I'd wish I didn't work there.
It's INTENTIONALLY lame.
It's a self-parody, ****take, inside joke or whatever you want to label it, "The guys" probably decided to make it for a laugh and it then got circulated via internal email. It was never intended for public release.
The only reason we're having this discussion is because some uptight git didn't find it funny. (Probably because they took it at face value like most of the people in these comments have.)
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#35.3 Posted by Shadrack on 16 Apr 2008 - 19:39
- (C_Guy said @ #35)OMG no one on Neowin can take a joke, OMG! LOLZ!!! Look at Microsoft's bad marketing, OMG OMG this is horrible...
It is an internal joke. I don't see any comments here that suggests that anyone does not get that it was meant as a joke. -
#35.4 Posted by QuarterSwede on 16 Apr 2008 - 23:35
- (Shadrack said @ #35.3)(C_Guy said @ #35)OMG no one on Neowin can take a joke, OMG! LOLZ!!! Look at Microsoft's bad marketing, OMG OMG this is horrible...
It is an internal joke. I don't see any comments here that suggests that anyone does not get that it was meant as a joke.
Exactly. I get that it's a joke. My point was that it's just a really bad one.
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#36 Posted by Skyfrog on 16 Apr 2008 - 16:34
- Yeah it's bad, but they always have been. Remember that MS-DOS rap video they made? Youtube Link
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#36.1 Posted by +Dakkaroth on 16 Apr 2008 - 16:46
- Now THAT is funny! lmao.
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#36.2 Posted by C_Guy on 16 Apr 2008 - 17:57
- I haven't laughed that hard in a loooong time. Did you click on the 'Steve Ballmer sells Windows 1"? Ha ha ha ha ha ha
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#36.3 Posted by On Air 2650 on 16 Apr 2008 - 19:30
- Hahaha... I need to order that windows for just 99 dollars. :-D
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#38 Posted by illz55 on 16 Apr 2008 - 16:58
- All of you guys who think this is a serious video are making complete fools out of yourselves. They wanted to make a fun video internally and they did. What's the big deal?
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#38.1 Posted by stifler6478 on 16 Apr 2008 - 17:09
- Agreed completely. All you guys are clueless. It was probably a bunch of MS guys that were out at the bars Friday night and decided that a fun weekend project would be to make a funny video about Vista. You all act like it'd be out of this world if any of them were capable of having fun at their own expense.
-Spenser
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#39 Posted by B0GiE on 16 Apr 2008 - 17:33
- This video sucks as bad as Vista!
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#39.1 Posted by +Dakkaroth on 16 Apr 2008 - 17:39
- Glad you liked the video then.
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#40 Posted by Elite_graphix on 16 Apr 2008 - 17:50
- wow.. found my new ring tone!!!!!
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#41 Posted by XeonBuilder on 16 Apr 2008 - 18:00
- WOW. And just think. Someone got paid for this ****!!
I edit for a living and im shocked that they got someone to edit this POS...
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#41.1 Posted by Imran Hussain on 16 Apr 2008 - 18:44
- (XeonBuilder said @ #41)WOW. And just think. Someone got paid for this ****!!
I edit for a living and im shocked that they got someone to edit this POS...
Paid?? It's just an internal promo. It wasn't even released or anything like that. Maybe they made it for fun. It's weird how people are accusing of the Sales team to suck based on this internal video. Had it been Apple, all of you would have been applauding their sense of humor! Just plain shocking!
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#42 Posted by Darran on 16 Apr 2008 - 18:52
- lmao this is amazing, well done Neowin for breaking this. Microsoft is going down the toilet.
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#45 Posted by Farstrider on 16 Apr 2008 - 19:09
- This, perhaps the best of all the comments: "Dear God. That is toe curlingly bad."Real, not real, internal fun or whatever, that was cringingly bad! I felt embarrassed for the human race!
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#45.1 Posted by Chicane-UK on 16 Apr 2008 - 21:00
- I'm glad I made someone smile with my comment
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#46 Posted by Phrive on 16 Apr 2008 - 20:04
- Definately a joke, and i feel sorry for people who see this and havent seen the particular album cover, and artist involved!
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#46.1 Posted by Farstrider on 16 Apr 2008 - 21:21
- (Phrive said @ #46)Definately a joke, and i feel sorry for people who see this and havent seen the particular album cover, and artist involved!
Does it matter; it's still cringeworthy crap no matter what! You, I suppose are the only genius that gets what it may or may not appear to be??
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#47 Posted by Marty2003 on 16 Apr 2008 - 20:41
- Reminds me of the videos Microsoft showed when they came to my University for recruiting. Internally, Microsoft is made of pure cheese. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efwhTeIxx_k
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#47.1 Posted by Atreus on 16 Apr 2008 - 23:52
- ROFL!!!!
Found this on slashdot in someone's signature:
"Can god code something so unusable even he can't use it? No, but I can and so can you: http://www.microsoft.com/careers"
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#50 Posted by ozone64 on 16 Apr 2008 - 22:28
- Man, I gotta say that whoever dreamed up that promotional video must have been on some crazy ****. That was so LAME that I just couldn't watch more than 30 seconds of it. Total Tripe!!!
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#52 Posted by Tom Servo on 16 Apr 2008 - 23:16
- "Stupid" is an understatement of epic proportions.
--edit: Also, to those harping on about it being a joke: There can be stupid jokes. That video is the dictionary definition of one.
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#53 Posted by Mike Frett on 16 Apr 2008 - 23:31
- Uh...Why would they need to "Internally Promote" something?. I guess the people at Microsoft don't want Vista either. Of course, I fail to see how this video would change their minds.
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#53.1 Posted by +GreyWolfSC on 17 Apr 2008 - 01:10
- (Mike Frett said @ #53)Uh...Why would they need to "Internally Promote" something?. I guess the people at Microsoft don't want Vista either. Of course, I fail to see how this video would change their minds.
It's targeted at the corporate sales team. It was probably shown as a joke before a big meeting.
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#54 Posted by +lylesback2 on 17 Apr 2008 - 01:14
- I watched roughly around 15 seconds of that video, and already i wanted to kill myself.
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#55 Posted by KevinN206 on 17 Apr 2008 - 06:28
- I find it quite hilarious...it sure gave me a good laugh.
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#56 Posted by Faisal Islam on 17 Apr 2008 - 07:41
- I think it's joke
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#58 Posted by Smethead on 18 Apr 2008 - 12:42
- Hahaha, it would be hilarious if it said "created with final cut pro" at the end :p
Internal Microsoft videos just aren’t what they used to be with Utopian technologies and eye-candy special effects. This internal promotional video for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 was apparently ‘leaked‘ by an unflattered employee who bluntly called it “stupid”. For those who doubt it’s authenticity (and I don’t blame you), Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer makes a pretty short but lasting appearance. (via Channel9 forums).
Click read more for the video..