Business 2.0 catalogues “The 101 Dumbest Moments in Business” in their April 2002 issue. The article features Enron, Martha Stewart, and our old favorite, Microsoft, which racks up a record six of the 101 spots:
Number 11: Microsoft: “swiping your competitor’s idea and completely screwing it up. In an attempt to blunt Apple’s “Switch” campaign, Microsoft posts a page on its website, titled “Confessions of a Mac to PC Convert,” featuring a woman touting the Windows XP operating system. It’s soon revealed, however, that the woman pictured is a model and the touting comes from a freelance writer paid by Gates & Co.”
Number 41: Microsft: “To promote its MSN 8 online service, Microsoft places hundreds of butterfly-logo decals on traffic signals and sidewalks throughout Manhattan. After the city threatens to fine Microsoft $50 per decal, the company apologizes and removes the stickers.”
Numbers 48-51: Microsoft:
I love the .net quotes. I still haven’t been able to find anyone who can actually tell me what .net is, including my XML professor who was one of the people in charge of implementing .net at Intel. <sarcasm>Surprisingly, she quit over it.</sarcasm>
Your professor is a moron, then. Let Uncle Ars explain it in her place:
http://arstechnica.com/paedia/n/net/net-1.html
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Mikey-San
How about number 9? It’s not Microsoft, the company, it’s Microsoft, the dancing monkey-boy! (Steve Ballmer and his really scary screaming dance in front of a group of developers.)
how come, using the link provided, i don’t see the same microsoft mistakes that the article refers to? am i missing something?
What a difference a year makes (2003 not 2002)
Try this:
http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,47750,00.html
Apple should eb on teh list for promising 17″ PowerBooks LONNNNNG before being able to deliver.
Are you guys trying to get on the list? Your link is to last years list, not this years!