Raunchy Dance Routine a PR Nightmare For Microsoft 322
theodp writes "GeekWire reports on the techno-dance routine that preceded Microsoft's Windows Azure presentation at the Norwegian Developers Conference this week, which featured a group of women jumping around on stage to a song that included several drug references and the line: 'The words MICRO and SOFT don't apply to my penis.' In a strange effort to be inclusive, a monitor displaying the lyrics added, 'or vagina.' The official Windows Azure YouTube channel has posted an apology for 'a skit that involved inappropriate and offensive elements and vulgar language,' and said it's actively looking into the matter. Hey, could've been worse — at least @ASUS wasn't live-tweeting the event!"
Or Vagina? (Score:5, Funny)
'The words MICRO and SOFT don't apply to my penis.' In a strange effort to be inclusive, a monitor displaying the lyrics added, 'or vagina.'
What in the hell is an "or vagina"? Is that new hardware slang for an OR gate?
What happened to the good old days? (Score:5, Funny)
I Love This Company!
Re:Or Vagina? (Score:5, Funny)
'The words MICRO and SOFT don't apply to my penis.' In a strange effort to be inclusive, a monitor displaying the lyrics added, 'or vagina.'
What in the hell is an "or vagina"? Is that new hardware slang for an OR gate?
Well, Micro and Soft would be ideal for a vagina.
Anyone else remember Microsoft Mambo #5? (Score:5, Funny)
I remember when they rolled out the Microsoft Mambo #5, it was so bad I had to leave the room so I wouldn't laugh in front of the customers. I don't know who thought this was a good idea, but they should be dragged to death behind a truck.
Microsoft and music (Score:5, Funny)
I always thought that Microsoft made bad choices for music. For Windows 95 they used the Rolling Stones' Start Me Up, which contains the lyrics :
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
Which was fine for an adv. campaign, but then the next line always seemed weird for Microsoft to want to associate with:
You make a grown man cry
Yet in hindsight was amazingly prophetic in the context of Win95 .
Re:What happened to the good old days? (Score:5, Funny)
developers, Developers, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS
or vagina
They Should Just Accept It and Go Full Awkward (Score:4, Funny)
developers, Developers, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS ?
Since all their attempts just result in complete awkwardness, I know that Tim & Eric sometimes do product skits (like this board game [youtube.com]) and I think that Microsoft should just go full intended awkward and hire Tim & Eric. That way nobody can make fun of them for being awkward and, like, twenty years from now they will be seen as doing comedy WAY ahead of its time.
Re:Or Vagina? (Score:5, Funny)
Nothing sexier than a big, hard vagina. I'm moving to Norway.
Re:WTF would Apple do? (Score:5, Funny)
Apple would have girls that were actually sexy.
Watched some (Score:4, Funny)
Didn't think it was all that bad. Sure it hurt my ears, but didn't touch my delicate sensibilities.
Re:What happened to the good old days? (Score:3, Funny)
The best comment I've see so far.
or vagina
Re:Or Vagina? (Score:2, Funny)
Is that new hardware slang for an OR gate?
I read that as a Perl colloquialism for error detection, you know, like:
open blah blah blah OR croak 'could not open the Fing file sorry bout that';
No I have no idea what it means in context of the microsoft show to have that as your error detection routine.
Maybe its time for a (bad) joke about ReiserFS error handling code involving executing one? (hey no complaining, I warned you it was a bad joke first)
Re:WTF would Apple do? (Score:5, Funny)
Apple would have girls that were actually sexy.
With rounded corners, of course ;-)
Official Stance (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft's official stance: If you aren't sure what something is, Bing(tm) it. Go to your XBox 360 with Kinnect and shout proudly "XBOX BING OR VAGINA".
Re:WTF would Apple do? (Score:5, Funny)
The good news is the Apple girls would be multi touch enabled, the bad news is only one "button" to play with even if the world standard has always been to ship with two. And they'd be shiny, very shiny.
Re:What happened to the good old days? (Score:4, Funny)
...at least not in public where everyone can see you.
Re:What happened to the good old days? (Score:2, Funny)
vagina, Vagina, VAGINA, VAGINA!
I love this company!
Re:Microsoft and music (Score:5, Funny)
Revised retraction (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Or Vagina? (Score:5, Funny)
Protip: They are quite stretchy
Spoiler: That is where babies come from
Re:The harder they try (Score:5, Funny)
I disagree with you regarding the particular kind of misfit they come across as.
In my mind, Microsoft is a stodgy, big company representing most of the evils of old men corrupted by wealth. They use patents and lobbyists to lock out competitors, they screw of customers and business partners, they belong to the BSA, etc.
So to me, it would like Mr. Burns [wikipedia.org] from the Simpsons paid for the high-school prom, and then demanded all students stand around him to watch him do a Dirty Dancing version of the Charleston [wikipedia.org].
Re:Or Vagina? (Score:5, Funny)
Norway is obviously the ancient home of the Clitorati. They only recently resurfaced thanks to the diligent efforts of the world's most dedicated Microsoft evangelists.
Re:Any bigger PR nightmare? (Score:4, Funny)
Oh we Aussies understand nads all right. But the product was named after the founder's daughter Nadine, apparently.
Never been to a women's sporting contest? You'll hear fans cheering Go-Nads and Go-Anna. :-)
We also shorten Adrian --> Aids
Re:What happened to the good old days? (Score:5, Funny)
or vagina.
Re:Or Vagina? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not sure the words "pro," "tip," and "spoil" are going to produce the best visual in this context.
Re:Any bigger PR nightmare? (Score:5, Funny)
Quite - and Brits must never inform any Americans a colleague has just nipped out for a quick fag down the back alley, no matter how accurate and innocent it sounds to them.
Comment removed (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What happened to the good old days? (Score:5, Funny)
damn I never have a mod point when I need one
or vagina
Re:Official Stance (Score:2, Funny)
Damn.. for a moment then I thought you said "Microsoft's oroficial stance" and my mind was boggled.
Re:Revised retraction (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Or Vagina? (Score:4, Funny)
Those, or that sig of yours.