[dayglored]

> That reads like satire...are you sure it isn’t...

Well, the first time I saw a picture of the Windows 8 "Metro" tiled interface I was sure it was a put-on, a parody of the early 1990's AOL interface.

You perhaps recall when famous political satirist, musician, and mathematician Tom Lehrer commented in 1973 that satire became obsolete the day Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Well, for the past 15 years or so, Microsoft has made a practice of pi$$ing on Satire's grave. It's hard sometimes to tell whether their marketing material is serious, or self-deprecating slapstick humor.

Remember this? Microsoft Click Surface Ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=des3dpKtfIM

[dayglored]

BTW, in fairness, I should add that that commercial was in fact a very cool, well-done choreographed dance piece. There's a "behind-the-scenes" YouTube about it.

The "satirical" aspect is, who they hell gives a flying *** about a magnetic attachment that goes "click"? Magnetic attachments for tablets had been around for years (e.g. the cover of the iPad). Makes you wonder if Microsoft's Marketing focus groups live in a cave at the top of Mount Rainier.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I never saw it before. Certainly great choreography and dancing, but they spent that much to advertise a magnetic clasp? What were they thinking?