Apparently the new series of Windows Vista ads starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates did not impress Microsoft, or many others for that matter. Microsoft has now basically admitted that the ads bombed, sucked and otherwise blew and they’ve actually fired Jerry Seinfeld. Bill Gates being Bill Gates will stick around and may be back in future ads.
The series will go on, but not with Seinfeld. Which likely means without the funny. And who knows what direction it will take. Personally after the suckage of the first ad, I thought they were beginning to hit their stride. So tomorrow you’ll hear some Microsoft spin regarding phase two of the project. That would be the phase without Seinfeld.
[Valleywag]
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These commercials were bad…so much so I devoted a blog post to them as a case study in what not to do when advertising your business/product/company.
Matt
Maybe, stategically, the advertising is following the Vista product history – All hyped up, bad reception and product design and exectution, then (yet to be seen) improved and better.