wow microsoft, just wow

[dainthomas]

So that must be where Toronto got their black guy!

 

[Balt]

I'm glad they took Bush's advice and didn't forget about Poland.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: dainthomas
So that must be where Toronto got their black guy!

:laugh: It looks like something from the Chappelle Show. The way the photo-shopped guy is staring at th chick is making me laugh.

 

[BassBomb]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: dainthomas
So that must be where Toronto got their black guy!

:laugh: It looks like something from the Chappelle Show. The way the photo-shopped guy is staring at th chick is making me laugh.

scary stare

 

[Wheezer]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
LOL- I want to do that in real life!

"I'm not comfortable with your race. *POP!* There! That's better!"

It would be nice to do that with the wife every now and again for a little change up.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: OCguy
Knowing your demographic is basic marketing.

this. and m$ cant make people smile that huge in a meeting. anything short of titties and free pastries wont cause those huge smiles...

 

[arcenite]

LOL the hand is still the same

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: OCguy
Knowing your demographic is basic marketing.

yup, haha pretty much.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: Hadrian

Originally posted by: Citrix
you market to your audience. so what exactly is the problem here?

no problem, just thought the photoshop job could have been done better, they didnt even bother with the hands. i mean we are talking microsoft, not some other two bit software company on a tight budget.

The white guy does have awfully dark hands.

i thought they were believable. my hands are much darker than my face is. the neck line is pretty much the worst part of it, the window in the background was done pretty well.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Reminds me of the early Scrubs episode with the "Get an EKG, G!" posters that Kelso put up.

ZV

 

[andylawcc]

LAMOAMMAO

 

[Chaotic42]

This sounds ripe for a Photochop contest for MS ads from around the world.

 

[MrDudeMan]

At first glance, I thought the black guy was photoshopped in over the white guy's body. I didn't look very closely and neither of them stuck out like a sore thumb to me, so who cares?

 

[Gothgar]

nice

 

[Train]

Kinda reminds me of all the college brochures every college sends out...

the cover of each is a nice sunny, scenic part of campus, showing a group of friends, all smiling and laughing.. a group of friends conveniently representing by each demographic on campus.

Right, because a black guy, an asian woman, a indian dude, and a white chick are totally a group of friends you might see on campus.

 

[Amused]

Who's to say the white guy wasn't original and the black guy was added for "diversity" in the US? Then they used the original for the European market?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: OCguy
Knowing your demographic is basic marketing.

this. and m$ cant make people smile that huge in a meeting.

I dunno, I smiled pretty hard when I first got my head around data binding in WPF.


BTW, cut the "m$" crap out will you? Yes, they're a company in the business of making money. Cut it out, it's immature.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Amused
Who's to say the white guy wasn't original and the black guy was added for "diversity" in the US? Then they used the original for the European market?

Well it's fairly obvious who was shopped into that picture. Look at the hands. And the lighting on the white guy's face is coming from the wrong direction and is much more intense than the light on everyone else's face.

Edit - my first impression was that the black dude as shopped in, mostly because that's how it usually happens. But if you take a moment to inspect the picture it becomes obvious. Not many people of African descent in Poland so I think it makes sense.

 

[Cogman]

holy crap, I thought it was faked, but sure enough, it is still up there!

http://www.microsoft.com/busin...ductivity/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/polan...ductivity/default.mspx

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: Cogman
holy crap, I thought it was faked, but sure enough, it is still up there!

http://www.microsoft.com/busin...ductivity/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/polan...ductivity/default.mspx

hahaha

 

[herkulease]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Reminds me of the early Scrubs episode with the "Get an EKG, G!" posters that Kelso put up.

ZV

haha I remember that. Turk appears twice on teh cover of the college catalog.

 

[randay]

sometimes im pretty proud to be american.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

BTW, cut the "m$" crap out will you? Yes, they're a company in the business of making money. Cut it out, it's immature.

lol i didnt even think about it, why does it bother you? i use m$ so others know who im talking about, i could care less about them making money. wish i would have gotten in when i could have made wheelbarrows of cash myself. ms just doesnt identify as well as m$ does, given the history and recognition of the moniker.

for the record, every business is in the business of making money. even charities.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: randay
sometimes im pretty proud to be american.

Why? Because advertisers know that diversity is what Americans want, and polocks don't care about black people?

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: Gothgar

Originally posted by: Cogman
holy crap, I thought it was faked, but sure enough, it is still up there!

http://www.microsoft.com/busin...ductivity/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/polan...ductivity/default.mspx

hahaha

hahaha oh my microsoft, oh my.