Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+ Windows 7: Whose idea was it really?

[Bookworm]

In many countries around the world, there are people who have come out and claimed Windows 7 as being their idea.

Microsoft chose to reveal in its new advertising that the operating system is one that came about because the people demanded it, because the people created it.

And in the process, they hope Windows becomes the people's brand rather than their injury-prone Elton brand.

Yet, as the week of the launch winds down and the hard graft of daily selling begins, it seems instructive to examine just a couple of nuances in the campaign.

Here are two spots, one from Australia and one from the U.S. Both feature individuals who claim that the Snap feature of Windows 7 was their idea.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10382578-71.html

[fragged one]

it was my idea, except they forgot to include free pr0n.

[Chyse]

They are including free pr0n. They're coming out with an update in a month or two which gives free pr0n to all Windows 7 users. That was my idea.