A Challenge to Microsoft: Donate the $500mm Vista Money to Gates Foundation

Here at the ThirdWay Advertising Blog we are not shy about our opinions. We often tell our readers that companies are wasting money with ad campaigns. However, we have always stopped short of actually throwing down the gauntlet and challenging a company to stop doing something we think is foolish.
That ends today.
There were two big pieces of news out of Microsoft this week, both of which will affect the Microsoft brand. The first (which we covered in our most recent post) was the launch of the new operating system Windows Vista. We commented that the $500mm being spent to launch this product is wasteful and will not help Microsoft or Vista. We base this on the absurd spending levels, recent Microsoft campaigns and previous Windows launches.
We also pointed out that spending $500mm to promote a product that will get 90% market share without a cent […]

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