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2007 07 12

Microsoft Betrays People Who Helped It Promote Vista

Microsoft Vista: Show us your Wow (WOW 404 error page not found)

Bill Gates: "Show us your Wow and win a trip around the world" For those who don't know, that's one of the marketing slogans of Windows Vista. Bill Gates made an invitation to you all to share your Wow. You might be wondering what's a Wow. ERROR 404

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Microsoft terminates content - no winners, no explanation + blocks google

Microsoft has terminated its photography & video content showusyourwow.msn.com with no winners and no explanation and is even detecting and redirecting cached versions to a fake 404 page. Endorsed by Bill himself, was this just a Microsoft rip-off? Trying to get free images for Vista? This contest was initially launched to boost the Vista presence.

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