M$ free Offer! win Windows Phones ,submit 'Android Hating 'Story'

vaithy · 14-12-2011, 10:31 AM

In a reverse of trend, M$ is offering free Windows phones to everyone who 'blogs' about Android Hating stories.

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Ben Rudolph is all up in Android's grill on Twitter--the Microsoft Windows Phone "evangelist" is offering to give away Windows phones to folks who share the best Android malware horror stories on Twitter with the hash tag #droidrage. Another tweet from Microsoft's official feed seems to confirm that the contest is legit.

Rudolph later closed the entries and has yet to announce any winners of the new Windows Phone devices.

Considering the number of responses, plenty of Android device users have fallen prey to Latest M$ blitz.. It seem Steve Ballmere is now possesses by 'Job's exorcist, and now going allout effort on behalf of his one time'enemy'alias pal.

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That's Microsoft Style -- turning up the hate and trying to capitalize on it.

I'm going to f---ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f---ing kill Google." - Steve Ballmer

"Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards." - Steve Ballmer

"Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches." - Steve Ballmer

"Apple is selling zero phones a year. In six months, they'll have the most expensive phone by far ever in the marketplace." - Steve Ballmer

"The most common format of music on an iPod is 'stolen'." - Steve Ballmer

Do u think M$ can win this latest 'hat' war..instead of relying on their products strength..?
Posts & vote your thoughts!

source:http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/none/...alware-victims

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-...ndroid-haters/

d6bmg · 14-12-2011, 11:05 AM

lol.
What's this? nasty marketing?

**MetalheadGautham** · 14-12-2011, 12:54 PM

Can't they be sued for this ?

I mean if any of those claims are not verifiable, this can lead to a defamation suite.
I bet many people just posted random cooked up stories along with real ones, in hopes of bettering their chance winning a WP7 device.

If Nokia is actually agreeing to such a campaign by sponsoring the devices, then the last bit of respect I had for Nokia will disappear.

**Sam** · 14-12-2011, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by d6bmg

lol.
What's this? nasty marketing?

plea to the world to save M$ shinking (WP) ship.

noob · 14-12-2011, 01:44 PM

This is the worst strategy ever. Is this how you sell your product? Last i have heard is someone from Nokia saying iPhone, Android handsets no longer appeal to youth. Seriously ???
No wonder this came from MS evangelist = Nothing but MS PR.

xtremevicky · 14-12-2011, 05:56 PM

I will retweet every tweet who tweets about it with a #EPICFAIL .

Seriously , One of the biggest companies do this .

SuperH3art · 14-12-2011, 07:57 PM

Do they have any ethics left.... Is this the way earning money.... It is a ditry trick to malign image of Android... which is beating every other phone OSes... Instead of wasting time on this type of practice they should focus on improving their products....

Money is not everything.. Customer satisfaction is....

Hope they have very good people who thinks in the right way... And stop all this nonsense.....

CloudS · 19-12-2011, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sam

plea to the world to save M$ shinking (WP) ship.

While I too think the same of this contest, but about wp7 either you are not too aware, or you're just being ignorant.

WrongSizeGlass writes “InformationWeek is reporting that Windows Phone 7 will overtake Apple’s iPhone by 2015 according to IDC. IDC predicts 2015 will bring: Android 45.4%, WP7 & WinMobile 20.9%, iOS 15.3%, RIM 13.7%, Symbian 0.2%, and ‘Others’ 4.6%. These numbers would move WP7 into 2nd place and leave iOS in 3rd place with a slightly smaller piece of the smart phone pie than they current hold …

sukesh1090 · 19-12-2011, 11:43 PM

steve balmer should be hanged infront of all people.shameless.do that person has any ethical value to comment like that on other OSes.

CloudS · 20-12-2011, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by sukesh1090

steve balmer should be hanged infront of all people.shameless.do that person has any ethical value to comment like that on other OSes.

Though I don't support this contest but
really? Hang for that??

thats' ethical value.....?

BTW, Android cannot sue if they want to or what?

sukesh1090 · 20-12-2011, 12:55 AM

ya he don't have any ethical value.did you see his comments about other OSes?is it the behaviour of a man from reputed company?

freshseasons · 20-12-2011, 09:47 AM

Somewhere Bill Gates quoted that ultimately it will be "Internet " that will bring about down fall of the Microsoft OS.

Some how i have strong feeling it would rather be "Steve Balmer".

Tech&ME · 20-12-2011, 10:33 AM

Can anyone point me to the Official Website for this offer ?? US only !!

tarey_g · 20-12-2011, 11:02 AM

I see no problem with this offer, Android has its problems and a competitor is highlighting it to promote its products strong point. This has been happening in advertising world since ages.

Tech&ME · 20-12-2011, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by tarey_g

I see no problem with this offer, Android has its problems and a competitor is highlighting it to promote its products strong point. This has been happening in advertising world since ages.

Exactly !!

Only the difference I see is the young audience this days and some new way of doing it. Rest the IDEA is pretty OLD in advertising and is very common.

If some of you have seen the HORLICKS advertisement some time ago, they even went further and depicted their rival's product on their own TV commercial.

**ico** · 20-12-2011, 01:09 PM

Do you think M$ can win on negative campaign?
No.

Do I have a problem with this?
No.

d6bmg · 20-12-2011, 06:22 PM

Those who voted yes, explain!!

Sarath · 20-12-2011, 11:09 PM

I think this will help Android instead

Don't want to explain why

red dragon · 21-12-2011, 06:26 AM

MS did not need that sort of campaign,instead they should invest in looking and correcting fatal flaws in wimo7(which are a plenty atm)

d6bmg · 21-12-2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Sarath

I think this will help Android instead

Yes, exactly. That's what I was trying to say. So, no reason for voting yes unless anyone thinks otherwise, which is not the case.

$$Lionking$$ · 21-12-2011, 01:21 PM

For those who are writing against MS - you all use windows. and that sir will not change!!!

lets just accept that MS has contributed a great deal to our lives!!!

noob · 21-12-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by $$Lionking$$

For those who are writing against MS - you all use windows. and that sir will not change!!!

lets just accept that MS has contributed a great deal to our lives!!!

So what ? we are not (atleast i am not) fanboy of MS, Google or Apple. I am a end user and will smack anyone doing something wrong and will also praise them for good things they do.

$$Lionking$$ · 21-12-2011, 02:24 PM

noob - you dont understand the value of MS coz u have not used linux. Once you do that you'll start appreciating MS & windows more!

sukesh1090 · 21-12-2011, 02:57 PM

^^
Hey buddy one who have even a bit of knowledge about linux will prefer linux over windows.in windows if you try to customise the os a bit,thats it 'take out your windows cd and start reinstalling'.we use windows because we are addicted to it. it is like smoking,we know that it is not good for health but still we can't leave it.linux is always better than windows.i myself has experienced it.

**ico** · 21-12-2011, 03:03 PM

^

he has knowledge of Linux. He uses Linux too.

All he is trying to say is...there's no point in hating a company. At the end of the day, you need corporate marketing to push things.

It's part of the game and competition. May be he isn't wording it properly.

sukesh1090 · 21-12-2011, 03:14 PM

^^
Ya thats what we are talking in this thread.balmer's comments on other oses are not correct.we use windows doesn't mean that we need to agree with balmer.at last it is abt an individual,if he prefer win or android or ios it is up to him.but still companies should give healthy advertisements to their products.a person should respect his opposite team then only he will be called a gentleman.

noob · 21-12-2011, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by $$Lionking$$

noob - you dont understand the value of MS coz u have not used linux. Once you do that you'll start appreciating MS & windows more!

you are telling this to a MS developer

how funny. and FYI , I have my laptop running Ubuntu and PC on windows. Also i am a huge supporter of open source technologies.

All i am saying is we dont have to agree that "everything MS = SUPER COOL"
replace MS with any company of your choice..

Liverpool_fan · 21-12-2011, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by $$Lionking$$

noob - you dont understand the value of MS coz u have not used linux. Once you do that you'll start appreciating MS & windows more!

Excuse me? What the hell do you mean by this? By using Linux one would appreciate Windows more? Are you bloody kidding me?
As a Linux user, only one thing I would say, the dominance of Microsoft and Windows has held the desktop back for a long, long time now.

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Originally Posted by $$Lionking$$

For those who are writing against MS - you all use windows. and that sir will not change!!!

Windows sucks. That's an opinion and not a fact, very much like your post.

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lets just accept that MS has contributed a great deal to our lives!!!

Microsoft has made my computing far more difficult due to their monopoly in Microsoft Office formats, and Windows centred hardware/support.
I'll go on to say every problem that a non-Windows user faces is simply due to utter dominance and monopolistic practices by MSFT.

And no idea why Windows and Linux have been bought into the picture. Their "good work" has barely anything to do with this small time jerkfest with Android.