[geeks] MS Ad fun...

[Geoff Reed]

I wish I had the infoworld, could you scan the ad and put it up so I can 
see it, I may be able to id if it's a Corbis image (I used to work 
there)  odds are that it is....

At 11:37 PM 1/8/02 -0500, you wrote:
>MS has an ad in this weeks Infoworld that is too funny, but I need some 
>help from the folks here...
>
>The tagline for this ad is:
>
>         "When you think scalability, it's time to think software."
>
>In the ad there is a picture of a datacenter through a window, everything 
>is nearly all white, but here are the interesting things to note:
>
>         - Far right side of window, there is an XT/AT on top of a rack.
>
>         - On the far left is (what appears to me to be an) Amdek CGA monitor
>
>         - There is a water cooler in the datacenter
>
>         - There appears to be four rack with removeable disk packs, circa 
> late 70's
>
>The question is, are those racks full of some sort of removable disks?
>
>MS has another ad of a man at his desk, and there are numerous ques 
>placing the photo as being from the mid 80's (external 3 1/2" drive! MS 
>Word documentation! etc.)
>
>Am I just missing some grand strategy, or are they trying to use up photos 
>from Corbis (?) Mr. Gate's image company...
>
>Ken
>
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