Hey People, Microsoft is Not Trying to Be Apple!

So the newest of the Microsoft commercials staring Bill Gates and Seinfeld has been released and it’s funny, funnier than the first one. But once again people can only look at it and think WTF? I am glad to see that some people are defending it, but for all of the rest… Microsoft is not trying to be Apple!

These commercials are not to compete head to head with the Mac and PC guy commercials from Apple, these commercials are not even to necessarily sell copies of Vista. These commercials are to get Microsoft into the headlines, onto television sets of Americans, and become more of a household name with the younger generation like Apple has become. And what is the best way to do that? HUMOR! Take a look at most every Super Bowl commercial. They are funny, and half the time you do not even know what they are selling, but people naturally remember something and want to see it again and again when it is funny. That is the point of these commercials, to make you laugh. Seinfeld had, arguably, one of the most popular and most successful television show of our time. He is funny, he is still funny. No he is not? Have you gone to see him perform lately, or are you just judging from some of the more commercial things he has done like that movie about a bee?

Apple fans, congratulations. Apple is a serious threat to Microsoft now. Apple has done revolutionary things with the music, telecommunications, and desktop industries. I have the up most respect for that. But please, please, don’t hate just to hate, and stop comparing everything your enemy does to your side of the border. This is the first step Microsoft has taken in a long time to show that it is human, and the commercials are funny! On top of it, it’s working, Microsoft is getting so much press over these spots and no press is bad press. Lastly, yes OS X is taking more and more strides inwards and grabbing more and more of the market. However, Microsoft still owns most of it. So again, Microsoft is not trying to be Apple.

P.S. Before the emails flood in. I am not an Apple hater. I myself have been toying with the idea of making the switch from time to time. I am very much interested in starting to develop for OS X and the iPhone. So I am not here to get into any arguments with Apple fanboys.