Windows Not Walls Campaign - Kicking Off | The Coffeehouse

Jason I

It appears as though the Windows Not Walls campaign is supposed to be kicking off today.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1548

Anyone have any idea where to see the ads / etc.?

matthews

I don't watch to much TV, so if Microsoft puts up a site with all the ads I'd like to see a link to it. That or youtube I guess.

jamie

In reply to matthews

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 2:53 PM

bats arnt bugs!

haha
sorry ...thats what i hear

jeffsand
Inch by Inch

In reply to jamie

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 2:56 PM

I found this one on YouTube.

jamie

In reply to jeffsand

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 6:11 PM

hmm i laughed ...i cried

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

In reply to jeffsand

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 6:11 PM

Was that supposed to be funny? It wasn't. It was just weird.

brian.shapiro
things go on as always

In reply to Sven Groot

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 6:40 PM

Sven,

did you like Seinfeld's tv show?

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

In reply to brian.shapiro

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 6:42 PM

Yeah. It was better than that ad.

Rd_Falcon

In reply to brian.shapiro

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 6:42 PM

I just saw that one on tv, and I had a good laugh. It was kind of interesting that computers were only mentioned at the very end of it. I am guessing that this was just an introduction to the "stars" of the campaign, and they will slowly ramp up the windows promotion in future ads.

Jason I

In reply to jamie

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 6:24 PM

How many hundreds of millions of dollars did Microsoft spend on this ad campaign?

If the rest of these are more of the same, I'd start asking for my money back.

Minh
WOOH! WOOH!

In reply to Jason I

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 7:04 PM

I had high hopes for this campaign. I thought Bill would make a great Dave Thomas. I didn't know they would let the folks who headed up the dino-office campaign head up this one, too.

Minh
WOOH! WOOH!

In reply to Sven Groot

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 6:40 PM

Exactly like Seinfeld's very last episode.

Dodo
I'm your creativity creator™ :)

In reply to jamie

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 6:24 PM

They should be airing those: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/possibilities/products/default.aspx Smiley

Well, maybe they do, but I'm not in an English speaking region (sadly, I'd like it...) so I don't know.

matthews

In reply to jeffsand

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 6:11 PM

That was very funny; I was choking on my water just now. Not really sure what it had to do with Windows though.

DCMonkey
Monkey see, monkey do, monkey will destroy you!

In reply to jamie

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 6:24 PM

I just cried.

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

In reply to Sven Groot

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 6:40 PM

I don't know. I think it has potential, this one just didn't work all that well. I still think the Bill/Jerry interaction can work. We just need more self-deprecation and lovable Bill.

And it's still a hell of a lot better than a guy going 'wow' after seeing a moose walk past his house, followed by well-groomed corporate smugheads acting like Flip3D is the most amazing thing they've ever seen.

Dovella
Go Microsoft !!!!!!!

In reply to Bas

#Sep 5th, 2008 @ 1:00 AM

Presspass

In according to Dovella Big Smile

stevo_
Human after all

In reply to Dovella

#Sep 5th, 2008 @ 1:36 AM

Well that f-- sucked, plus I take it this amazing ms fighting back thing is .. fighting back in usa only - because the rest of the world doesn't have a clue who jerry seinfeld is..

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

In reply to Bas

#Sep 5th, 2008 @ 1:00 AM

Wait, I totally missed the fact that they used his mugshot in there. That was unexpectedly amusing. God, I hope they use those sexy-man-on-desk pictures for a new ad.

Dovella
Go Microsoft !!!!!!!

In reply to stevo_

#Sep 5th, 2008 @ 2:56 AM

in fact, I do not know jeerry

In any case, however, this was my idea: Big Smile

remember this??

The Fact (only Italian)

Jason I

In reply to Minh

#Sep 4th, 2008 @ 10:22 PM

I don't want anyone to think I didn't think it wasn't funny. I thought it had it's moments.. (The Spanish speakers I found hysterical, BTW).

My concerns are:

* What did it say about Microsoft??? One casual reference.
* What did it say about Microsoft products??? Nothing.
* Did it say anything on how easy it is to use??? No.

So, what did it say? What were the goals??? What question was it trying to answer?

matthews

In reply to Jason I

#Sep 5th, 2008 @ 4:21 AM

It's supposed to be an introduction to the advertising campaign, not the entire thing.

stevo_
Human after all

In reply to matthews

#Sep 5th, 2008 @ 4:56 AM

To me, the whole advert seemed to be about being down to earth and in that being totally against apples.. why have an mp3 player when you can pay 4x as much for one thats shiny.. yet sits inside a protective cover (that you had to buy), which sits in your pocket..

Theres a definate need to make people so less materialistic in this world.. but god, thats so risky to me - you don't generally get people proud they buy the £10 mp3 player called the TURBO MUSIK XL... because who cares if it sits in your pocket and no one see's it right? .... hahahaha your parents cant afford an ipod, your poor!

(you get the idea).

stevo_
Human after all

In reply to stevo_

#Sep 5th, 2008 @ 5:23 AM

Meh the more I watch it I do like kind of like it.. I'll wait for more..

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

In reply to stevo_

#Sep 5th, 2008 @ 5:26 AM

Yeah, it's actually sort of growing on me. But that's probably because it's so surreal, and I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. I doubt if I'm the target audience, but still.

Also, who is that shoe salesman? He reminds me of someone.