Comments on: Have A Party, Have A Windows 7 Party http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/10/09/have-a-party-have-a-windows-7-party/ A blog about MMORPGs like World of Warcraft (WoW) and Everquest 2 (EQ2) Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:59:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Drew Shiel http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/10/09/have-a-party-have-a-windows-7-party/comment-page-1/#comment-10650 Drew Shiel Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:53:22 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1859#comment-10650 Thing is... what they want, more than anything else, is media coverage. If they do a decent campaign, they'll get SOME. If they do a superlative campaign, well, that's a) hard, and b) expensive, and c) not actually guaranteed to work. However, if they do a cheap campaign that's so bad people will draw attention to it in order to say how bad it is, they get a LOT of coverage for small money. I reckon it's deliberate. Thing is… what they want, more than anything else, is media coverage. If they do a decent campaign, they’ll get SOME. If they do a superlative campaign, well, that’s a) hard, and b) expensive, and c) not actually guaranteed to work. However, if they do a cheap campaign that’s so bad people will draw attention to it in order to say how bad it is, they get a LOT of coverage for small money.

I reckon it’s deliberate.

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/10/09/have-a-party-have-a-windows-7-party/comment-page-1/#comment-10594 Gordon Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:34:11 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1859#comment-10594 Wow, that is a sweet deal! Wow, that is a sweet deal!

]]> By: Byron http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/10/09/have-a-party-have-a-windows-7-party/comment-page-1/#comment-10568 Byron Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:00:48 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1859#comment-10568 I went to the website and looked at this video and then i signed up to host a party. They sent me the windows 7 party pack. The "Party Pack" included a genuine FREE copy of 7 Ultimate. Corny video.....but a sweet deal....for sure I went to the website and looked at this video and then i signed up to host a party. They sent me the windows 7 party pack. The “Party Pack” included a genuine FREE copy of 7 Ultimate. Corny video…..but a sweet deal….for sure

]]> By: Good old Hammerfaust http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/10/09/have-a-party-have-a-windows-7-party/comment-page-1/#comment-10555 Good old Hammerfaust Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:17:22 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1859#comment-10555 ...I did 3 activities!! UUUhhhh OOOhhh....! (3:00) Oh - My - God!! Cheers for stealing 6 minutes of my life... lol “Now I hate those combat trouser wearing, iPod carrying, grinning idiot Botherhood of the Mac users as much as you” Better not visiting me in Vienna mate! ;))) Still best comment ever!! Oh and since I leave the room now advice for you guys: check out the windows.com/help homepage! Good research for us hosts too!! ;) …I did 3 activities!! UUUhhhh OOOhhh….! (3:00)
Oh - My - God!!
Cheers for stealing 6 minutes of my life… lol

“Now I hate those combat trouser wearing, iPod carrying, grinning idiot Botherhood of the Mac users as much as you”
Better not visiting me in Vienna mate! ;))) Still best comment ever!!

Oh and since I leave the room now advice for you guys:
check out the windows.com/help homepage! Good research for us hosts too!! ;)

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/10/09/have-a-party-have-a-windows-7-party/comment-page-1/#comment-10554 Gordon Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:13:44 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1859#comment-10554 A Windows party just sounds incredibly cheesy and horrible. I hope I never get invited to one :) A Windows party just sounds incredibly cheesy and horrible. I hope I never get invited to one :)

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/10/09/have-a-party-have-a-windows-7-party/comment-page-1/#comment-10553 Gordon Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:12:50 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1859#comment-10553 ROFL, that video is terrible yet hilarious :) Matthew Perry and Jennier Anston must've been desperate for the cash :) ROFL, that video is terrible yet hilarious :) Matthew Perry and Jennier Anston must’ve been desperate for the cash :)

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/10/09/have-a-party-have-a-windows-7-party/comment-page-1/#comment-10552 Gordon Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:12:12 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1859#comment-10552 Hehe ;) Hehe ;)

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/10/09/have-a-party-have-a-windows-7-party/comment-page-1/#comment-10551 Gordon Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:11:03 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1859#comment-10551 LOL :) Never heard anything about a 1 year trial... I doubt that very much. It's certainly been getting good reviews though. I won't be actively upgrading to it but I would get it if I got a new PC. LOL :) Never heard anything about a 1 year trial… I doubt that very much. It’s certainly been getting good reviews though. I won’t be actively upgrading to it but I would get it if I got a new PC.

]]> By: vagueness http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/10/09/have-a-party-have-a-windows-7-party/comment-page-1/#comment-10550 vagueness Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:21:06 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1859#comment-10550 Windows 95 release video, they have a history of bad bad marketing. Bless 'em. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GWQgb015Lc&feature=player_embedded Windows 95 release video, they have a history of bad bad marketing. Bless ‘em.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GWQgb015Lc&feature=player_embedded

]]> By: Ramon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/10/09/have-a-party-have-a-windows-7-party/comment-page-1/#comment-10549 Ramon Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:00:44 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1859#comment-10549 The nicest "compliment" is that they copied the concept from the Ubuntu guys, who have had Ubuntu release parties every six months since 2005 or so, every time a new version of Ubuntu is released. But those are actually fun. I mean, they're parties. People. Drinks. Geeking out to 80s chiptunes. Explaining the system to new users etc. Ordering pizza at midnight. The stuff you'd actually do at someone's party. If you search Flickr for "Ubuntu release party" you get many pictures of grinning and smiling people, in partylike settings, just with a laptop here and there. I wonder what "Windows 7 launch party" will look like in a few months. http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=ubuntu%20release%20party&w=all The Ubuntu guys, being based on Debian, have copied the tradition from Debian. But since Debian only releases every 2 - 3 years, that's not a lot of parties :D I organized two official Swiss release parties for the Ubuntu Swiss team, and we had a great time. Didn't look like Microsoft's fantastic tutorial movie at all. As so often when they copy something, ur doin it wrong. But imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I guess, so thanks for that :) The nicest “compliment” is that they copied the concept from the Ubuntu guys, who have had Ubuntu release parties every six months since 2005 or so, every time a new version of Ubuntu is released. But those are actually fun. I mean, they’re parties. People. Drinks. Geeking out to 80s chiptunes. Explaining the system to new users etc. Ordering pizza at midnight. The stuff you’d actually do at someone’s party.

If you search Flickr for “Ubuntu release party” you get many pictures of grinning and smiling people, in partylike settings, just with a laptop here and there. I wonder what “Windows 7 launch party” will look like in a few months.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=ubuntu%20release%20party&w=all

The Ubuntu guys, being based on Debian, have copied the tradition from Debian. But since Debian only releases every 2 - 3 years, that’s not a lot of parties :D

I organized two official Swiss release parties for the Ubuntu Swiss team, and we had a great time. Didn’t look like Microsoft’s fantastic tutorial movie at all. As so often when they copy something, ur doin it wrong.

But imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I guess, so thanks for that :)

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