Comments on: What are they smoking in Redmond? http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/06/14/what-are-they-smoking-in-redmond/ Successful software requires more than just good programming. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Top Posts « WordPress.com http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/06/14/what-are-they-smoking-in-redmond/#comment-12707 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:32:28 +0000 http://successfulsoftware.net/?p=2061#comment-12707 [...] What are they smoking in Redmond? I scanned the Microsoft ad below from a recent QBS catalogue. I am still struggling to understand the underlying [...] [...]

]]> By: Al Sutton http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/06/14/what-are-they-smoking-in-redmond/#comment-12696 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:10:26 +0000 http://successfulsoftware.net/?p=2061#comment-12696 To me it looks like the octopus thingy is scoring as it’s nearly all humans in the near half of the court, so I’d assume they’re defending.

Maybe you need to have as many arms as an octopus to make Visual Studio run efficiently, in which case that rules me out.

]]> By: Jane Doe http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/06/14/what-are-they-smoking-in-redmond/#comment-12695 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:37:35 +0000 http://successfulsoftware.net/?p=2061#comment-12695 And is that an iPhone peeking out of the blue badge’s pocket?

]]> By: Tane Piper http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/06/14/what-are-they-smoking-in-redmond/#comment-12693 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:16:05 +0000 http://successfulsoftware.net/?p=2061#comment-12693 Having Cthultu on your team is a winner?

Or programming is like playing basketball against elder gods and winning?

]]> By: Richard http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/06/14/what-are-they-smoking-in-redmond/#comment-12691 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:23:26 +0000 http://successfulsoftware.net/?p=2061#comment-12691 The word “score” is directly above the good-looking girl. This is aimed at the heart of geeks.

]]> By: Andy Brice http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/06/14/what-are-they-smoking-in-redmond/#comment-12690 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:18:11 +0000 http://successfulsoftware.net/?p=2061#comment-12690 >What else can a marketing dude want?!

Sales?

]]> By: Maintenance Man http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/06/14/what-are-they-smoking-in-redmond/#comment-12689 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:24:27 +0000 http://successfulsoftware.net/?p=2061#comment-12689 These message is crystal clear. If you have VSTS, you can dunk and get the girl with big jugs. Sign me up Microsoft.

]]> By: Adi R http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/06/14/what-are-they-smoking-in-redmond/#comment-12687 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:45:07 +0000 http://successfulsoftware.net/?p=2061#comment-12687 Whatever they’re smoking, from marketing perspective it’s a super win:

Got you to post a Blog about it and open discussion! What else can a marketing dude want?!

Grats, Microsofties…

]]> By: jonpeltier http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/06/14/what-are-they-smoking-in-redmond/#comment-12686 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:34:34 +0000 http://successfulsoftware.net/?p=2061#comment-12686 Further evidence of their disconnection from their users.

]]> By: Typical Reddit Poster http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/06/14/what-are-they-smoking-in-redmond/#comment-12685 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:16:31 +0000 http://successfulsoftware.net/?p=2061#comment-12685 You guys aren’t very creative. It is really obvious.

Typical Reddit Post

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