April 17, 2008
Embarrassing Microsoft music video was a “spoof”, doesn’t make it any less embarrassing
Posted Apr. 17, ’08, 7:00 PM PT by David Dahlquist
Category | Apple » Rivals
The tech world was up in arms over Microsoft’s tasteless, unfunny, and just plain painful “Rocking Our Sales” by “Bruce ServicePack and the Vista Street Band” video that circulated internally through Microsoft and found its way onto YouTube. Well, it turns out it was all just a spoof by those lovable, clueless geeks at Redmond.
“This video was a spoof (believe it or not),” said a Microsoft representative familiar with the reason behind the production. Apparently, it was a way for Microsoft to have some fun at its own expense.“They thought folks internally would get a kick out of not taking themselves so seriously all the time, but some people thought that’s exactly what they were being—serious. Anyway, this little piece of art came to life and has caused quite a few laughs in Microsoft’s hallways.”
This still, in my book, doesn’t detract from the pain and suffering undergone by the thousands, nay millions of innocent people who had to sit through this garbage. Oh Microsoft, even your spoofs suck.
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I knew it! I bet they wish they could make the same excuse for Vista!
"It was just an internal joke. We never intended for Vista to be released..."
And yes, it is still truly awful. Both of them...
It still shows a lack of taste. I can't imagine Apple "having a laugh" about the hard work people have put into a product that turned out to be such an abysmal failure. "Ha ha, that Copeland [or Pippin, or other nightmares from the bad old days]. Man, hundreds of people worked their asses off on that, and it totally sucks!" Knee slapping humor there.
I was hoping you were going to tell us it was someone else's joke on Microsoft.