Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:16:06 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [H-CHAT] FW: [SLUG] Fwd: Fw: Microsoft slogan] (fwd) Message-ID: <20000417121606.B80336@freebie.lemis.com>
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----- Forwarded message from Martin Pool <mbp@linuxcare.com.au> ----- > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:08:07 +1000 > From: Anthony Ison <anthony.ison@gbst.com> > Reply-To: chat@lists.humbug.org.au > To: "'chat@lists.humbug.org.au'" <chat@lists.humbug.org.au> > Subject: [H-CHAT] FW: [SLUG] Fwd: Fw: Microsoft slogan] > > [ Humbug *Chat* list. ] > > > In a landmark decision, the Australian Commercial Practices Court > today ruled that Toyota is no longer allowed to run its advertising > campaign based on the word "Bugger". Explained Court spokesman Loof > Lirpa, "Some time ago Microsoft took out an injunction against the > use of the word 'Bugger' in Toyota's ad. It was argued that 'Bugger' > had been associated with Windows far longer and far more deeply than > with Toyota's utes." > > Lirpa went on to suggest that every Windows user in the world uses > the word at least once a day as a direct result of using > Windows. "No other product has ever achieved that degree of market > recognition and for Toyota to muscle in on it was clearly a breach > of commercial etiquette and, ipso facto, copyright." > > Microsoft is now planning a media-wide campaign using their > catch-word. A copy that has been leaked to us shows several familiar > faces:- > > Steven King is shown saving the last page of his new 800 page > blockbuster in Word and then re-opening it to find that it has been > reduced to three smiley faces and half a dozen Japanese > characters. He smiles wanly at the camera and says "......" > > Kerry Packer is shown shaking his head knowingly and muttering > "....." when he discovers that the spreadsheet on which he based > his latest $4 billion takeover has suffered from the notorious Excel > "four sevens are thirty six" feature and that the Ayer's Rock Hot > Pie Company is somewhat overvalued. > > The head of the CIA (with his faced pixillated) is shown shouting > "....." on finding that Outlook has just e-mailed the entire > contents of his hard drive to the head of the KGB. She, in turn, > says "byugyah" when the file is found to be in last year's Access > format. > > A spokesthing for Microsoft commented, "This is a logical move for > the company that used "You make a grown man cry" and "The damned and > accursed are convicted to the flames of Hell" as advertising slogans > for its software. We anticipate establishing the slogan in the > marketplace by including a t-shirt printed with "Bugger Microsoft" > in every box of our software." > > - > * This is list (humbug) chat handled by majordomo@lists.humbug.org.au . > * Postings to this list are only accepted from subscribers of lists > * 'chat' or 'chat-post'. > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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