I’ve been holding off talking about the new Microsoft ad campaign designed to change public perceptions about the company and, in particular, about Vista. I wanted to see where Microsoft was going with these ads before I formed an opinion. The problem is, Microsoft has caved to a bunch of people who are less intelligent than them and pulled some of their best ads featuring Jerry Seinfeld.
If you take a look around most technology blogs, their forums are riddled with people who HATE the Bill Gates – Jerry Seinfeld ads. These people claim that the ads are a failure because they don’t even mention Vista. The problem is, these people aren’t intelligent enough to understand that not mentioning Vista is kind of the whole point of these ads. These forum posters already have a bad opinion of Microsoft and it seems to make them angry that they aren’t smart enough to figure out the point of these commercials. It’s like a child who throws a temper tantrum because they can’t solve a simple puzzle. It’s too difficult for their brains and instead of stepping up to the challenge presented to their minds, they simply give up and whine.
