The Tron Guy Is A PC

Nicely played, Microsoft. I can't believe you had the foresight to put the Tron Guy in your ads all the way back in 2002! Oh, this ad just came out? NEVERMIND. What's the matter, Microsoft, Peter Pan wasn't available? I'm a PZing!

The description posted on YouTube alongside this ad is a bit of an overreach:

Without the networks and communities created by the PC, the world might never have even heard of the "Tron Guy" or internet phenomenons just like him.

Those networks and communities were created by Al Gore, duh. Perfect! "Al Gore invented the internet" joke in 2008. Sorry, guys, I have to go. Bill Gates just called, he wants me to head up the entire Microsoft marketing division with my cutting edge ideas. Zoom zoom!

Posted by Gabe at 9:18 AM in Free Advertising, WebJunk
Tags: Microsoft | Tron Guy

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Did Microsoft really say "phenomenons"? Where is that stupid poem about the spell chequer...

Posted by: Dave at 11/18/08 11:51 AM | Reply
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Seriously? The bigger question is, why is Microsoft combating Apple's ads, which compare PC users to John Hodgman, by comparing PC users to Tron Guy. They're trying to put out a fire with gasoline.

Posted by: BradOFarrell at 11/18/08 12:58 PM | Reply
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FYI, Tron 2 is coming out soon, and "those" people are all excited about it, so...that's prolly why.

Posted by: K at 11/18/08 5:40 PM | Reply
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I didn't write the blurb, but I don't think it's an overreach at all. Without the Internet - and yes, the PCs that make up the overwhelming majority of machines on it - I'd be just another computer geek cruising through life in anonymity.

Posted by: Jay Maynard at 11/18/08 7:47 PM | Reply
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