j peter_bruzzese
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An SP1 video spoof? Still funny though…

analysis
Apr 25, 20081 min

In scanning my favorite news/blog sites the other day, I came across this funny little video regarding Vista SP1 on Long Zheng's site. You can watch the video on YouTube. Is it real...? I don't know but someone went through an awful lot of effort to make a pretty decent replica of the Boss' Dancing in the Dark, right down to the inclusion of a Courtney Cox look-a-like dancing on stage with the 'Vista Street Band

In scanning my favorite news/blog sites the other day, I came across this funny little video regarding Vista SP1 on Long Zheng’s site.

You can watch the video on YouTube.

Is it real…? I don’t know but someone went through an awful lot of effort to make a pretty decent replica of the Boss’ Dancing in the Dark, right down to the inclusion of a Courtney Cox look-a-like dancing on stage with the ‘Vista Street Band’ (corny… I know).

Even more surprising to me was the use of the term “Ecosystem” in the video and in the title. And shortly thereafter the term kept popping up. “Microsoft Ecosystem.” While not entirely a new term (you can find references of this usage going back quite a few years) it just seems to be saturating the propaganda these days… along with green-friendly assurances and little green leaves next to everything in technology available these days.

True, certain manufacturers are making a tremendous effort to preserve our world… whereas others have learned the amazing, cost-effective method of just sticking a little “green friendly” leaf and message all over their products.

j peter_bruzzese

J. Peter Bruzzese is a six-time-awarded Microsoft MVP (currently for Office Servers and Services, previously for Exchange/Office 365). He is a technical speaker and author with more than a dozen books sold internationally. He's the co-founder of ClipTraining, the creator of ConversationalGeek.com, instructor on Exchange/Office 365 video content for Pluralsight, and a consultant for Mimecast and others.

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