It is funny because it is true.
The History of Microsoft
Posted Mar 24th 2006 7:00AM by Scott McNulty
Filed under: Humor, Odds and ends
Tags: Microsoft
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
3-24-2006 @ 7:27AM
Daniel Cameron Grenell said...
very funny, i had not seen the clip with conan.
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3-24-2006 @ 7:28AM
James Yencken said...
Jesus, that was absolutely painfully stupid to watch. While there was a nice collection of funny Microsoft clips, the voiceover was absolutely over the top. Plus they missed out on the classic Bill Gates guest-star appearance in Doom: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1690609421579845295
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3-24-2006 @ 7:33AM
Kevin said...
That was hilarious. Oh and the voiceover was a total classic.
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3-24-2006 @ 7:40AM
smackintosh said...
so true!! microsoft suxx0rz big time! they're so dumb hahahahahaha look at that!!! apple pwnz micro$hit lol!
... uhm ... ok.....................
I expected a more subtle parody. But in the end this video is just the usual, plain, old and boring Microsoft-Bashing which really makes Mac-Users look outstandingly ignorant and simple-minded x_x;
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3-24-2006 @ 7:40AM
smackintosh said...
so true!! microsoft suxx0rz big time! they're so dumb hahahahahaha look at that!!! apple pwnz micro$hit lol!
... uhm ... ok.....................
I expected a more subtle parody. But in the end this video is just the usual, plain, old and boring Microsoft-Bashing which really makes Mac-Users look outstandingly ignorant and simple-minded x_x;
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3-24-2006 @ 8:16AM
John Sapienza said...
This confirms my suspicions that Steve Balmer is a total moron. He looked like a meth head bouncing around on stage. Absolutely classic. :)
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3-24-2006 @ 8:22AM
Ken R said...
If I recall correctly, this was on the MacTV videocast not too long ago...
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3-24-2006 @ 9:40AM
Mark Kuiphuis said...
Are you sure Steve Ballmer isn't a monkey?
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3-24-2006 @ 10:02AM
Ryan Smallegan said...
Does this Apple user have nothing better to do with his time? I love apple but seriously....wtf?
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3-24-2006 @ 10:08AM
narco said...
Yeah, I'm not one to bash Microsoft because I don't use it. If someone prefers that, then fine by me. If I am at Kinkos and have to use a Dell, THEN I'll bitch and moan about Windows. If someone asks why they should use a Mac, of course I'll point out the flaws of Windows. But I'm not going to force-feed my OS of choice to people -- then I'll be like those annoying religious people who bother my sleep every Sunday morning.
Fishes,
narco.
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3-24-2006 @ 10:28AM
Paul-Michael Bauer said...
WARNING!
This includes a banned Microsoft advertisement.
It was banned for good reason so view at your own discression.
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3-24-2006 @ 10:44AM
Flip Sasser said...
Oh man, that voiceover IS awful!
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3-24-2006 @ 11:55AM
jl said...
Ballmer man is one ugly vulture!!!
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3-24-2006 @ 12:46PM
glad said...
Ballmer is there an asylum missing an inmate, is there a zoo missing a primate?
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3-24-2006 @ 12:56PM
Dork said...
Thought the video was funny. I too use both OS out of need for a paycheck, but at home am M$ free.
I think the culture statement by Jobs is important.
MS fans create hacks and viruses.
Apple fans create dorky videos.
Guess you have to choose which dorks one wants to associate with.
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3-24-2006 @ 1:22PM
Jon said...
This was on mac TV a mac while back they also made a second version of it with more video clips. These have both been out for a while
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3-24-2006 @ 1:23PM
Andy Lee said...
Ken R,
You're right! Which means I just wasted a bunch of time downloading the video and converting it to QuickTime, when I already had it via my iTunes subscription to MacTV. It's called "MS History 2005." In addition to that, there's also an "MS History 2006" on the MacTV feed.
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3-24-2006 @ 2:09PM
Noel said...
For those of you whining about the voice over... WTF? Do you not realize the significance of Vicki? Holy Toledo you missed the boat big time on that one.
-N
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3-24-2006 @ 2:22PM
Ruffian said...
Hm, Macworld Bloopers: http://youtube.com/watch?v=jAsxzwHaGjk&search=Macworld%20bloopers
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3-24-2006 @ 3:08PM
Josh said...
I think Ballmer was on the WWE.
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