More Proof Microsoft Is Stuck In 90s: Seinfeld Ads

August 21st, 2008 | Category: Gadget News

In case there are any doubts that the company is still stuck in the 1990s, MICROSOFT HIRED JERRY SEINFELD as the face of its $300 million advertising campaign to hawk Windows Vista. Here’s the incomprehensible part: The 54-year-old has-been (who

always had a Mac in his TV apartment) was chosen considering Microsoft is “weary of being cast as a stodgy oldster by Apple Inc.’s advertising,” according to the Wall Street Journal. Microsoft will pay Seinfeld $10 million.

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