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0 pointslowercased2y ago0 comments

I had a power strip which had "works with windows 95" on the packaging box.

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This is just an example of how marketing knows nothing about the products they are marketing, or are just flat out snake oil sales. Like packaging for bacon exclaiming "gluten free"

print_goto_ten2y ago

>This is just an example of how marketing knows nothing about the products they are marketing

Or it is a question that people who are not familiar with technology will ask frequently and makes no sense to people who are.

mgkimsal2y ago

I use bing, and tell people to 'bing it' sometimes (instead of 'google it').

I had a family member ask "will bing work with my yahoo?"

So... I know those words individually, but... man... together, in that order... I don't know how to respond. I think I said something like "don't worry about it - it's not that big a deal" and left it at that.

recursive2y ago

I mean... but it is? They're not wrong. Either the marketing works or it doesn't, but it's not false. If it works, then it's good marketing. If it doesn't, then the marketers don't know their market.

Joker_vD2y ago

Ah yes, "this cereal is asbestos-free!" kind of marketing. It's on the same page with non-GMO salt.

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Sohcahtoa822y ago

Wow, and I thought my headphones from 1998 that said "MP3 Ready" on the package were stupid.

cglace2y ago

Did it work with 98?

lowercasedOP2y ago

I wasn't working at the same place in 1998, so I can't verify.

The hype around Windows 95 at the time was... incredible. Midnight store openings, hours-long line waits... insanity.

kcplate2y ago

> The hype around Windows 95 at the time was... incredible.

I left one job for another in 1994 simply because the new company had access to the windows Chicago beta program (and it was a 20% salary bump). But the main reason for me choosing g that org was the beta, because I had other offers with similar salary bumps at the same time.

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