Microsoft, Ballmer Working On PR Campaign To Fix Reputation

from the is-it-PR-or-is-it-real? dept

I guess, if you're starting a PR campaign, you might as well go with the local newspaper. The Seattle Times is running an interview with Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, trying to convince the world that Microsoft has chanaged and they're a better company than they've been in the past. The problem, of course, is that their reputation precedes them by quite a large margin, and many people wonder if Microsoft has really changed their behavior... or just changed their PR strategy.
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    Anonymous Coward, 25 Feb 2003 @ 6:30am

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    Very humorous. One of the things most needed by microsoft to repair to reputation is to get rid of the people who developed the reputation. ie Mr. Gates and Mr. Ballamer. Til they go, who's gonna trust them ?

    It's like the old proverb about the scorpion who askes the frog/turtle for a ride across the stream and promises not to sting him. And as they sink together the Turtle/Frog asks Why ? To which the scorpion replies, 'because I'm a scorpion'.

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