Re:A quick look back at when Microsoft made an interactive B...
by qingcharles on Sunday July 09, 2023 @10:37PM
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What's funny is that in the internal Microsoft Store you could buy a boxed copy of SQL Server Enterprise Edition for next to nothing, but a Microsoft Teddy Bear cost a fortune. I used all my Microsoft Dollars on stupid toys from the store. Their teddy bears were the softest ever. I lost them to First Wife in the divorce.
Re:A quick look back at when Microsoft made an interactive B...
by seanthemon on Monday July 10, 2023 @01:27AM
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How many microsoft bucks for a new wife + teddy?
He left work on Friday with the new Barney doll.
When he came into work on the following Monday, he told his co-workers, "Looks like I'm going to HAVE to get a Barney doll for my son when they're released."
The power of Barney...
He also mentioned that when all the Actimates dolls and other consumer-related products were released, the internal-only Microsoft store looked like a techie-version of FAO Schwarz instead of a Microsoft-leaning Egghead software store.
The bean counters at MS killed a lot of product ideas when they came up with the high revenue bar for any possible new products - as if anyone could predict that stuff accurately.