Microsoft Can't Spell Microsoft; No Wonder Vista Has Problems
Posted by junger | August 16th, 2006
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I don't want to get too much into technology or bashing Microsoft, but it's no surprise that the company is having problems with the development of Windows Vista. From security holes to possible delays, it hasn't been smooth sailing.
But you would think that a company with the money and power of Microsoft would do a little bit more QA with their Vista promotions. When I saw this offer for a free Vista Beta 2 CD, I wanted to check it out, and instead found out that the company can't spell, and even worse, misspells "Microsoft."
Picture after the jump.
Two things to look at here: first, Microsoft seems to think that "congratulations" is spelled "Congratualtions." Way to use that spellchecker.
Second, obviously, is in the title bar: "Microsft" instead of "Microsoft."
How do you miss that? I realize that this is the Microsoft India site, but seriously, people in India speak English, and they obviously know the name of the company they work for. I just don't get how something like that happens.
(click for full-size screenshot)
Microsoft has been trying to be more open with Vista, asking hackers to look for security holes and blogging about development issues, and offering Beta CDs to users is a good move, in my opinion.
But not bothering to even proofread the offer page shows an obvious lack of interest in reaching out to users. It reeks of "my time is too important to spend reaching out to you, but we have to do it for PR."
Am I wrong? Let me know in a comment below.
The failure of a Microsoft employee to press F7 does not automatically imply elitism on the part of a multinational corporation, nor can or should such an action (or lack thereof) be deemed the cause of delay for an unrelated product.
Correlation != causation and schadenfreude != informed journalism.
Dag_Yo — when you spend a lot of time developing a product, whether it's something small or something as big as an OS, you have to stay on top of every aspect of it.
With a big company like Microsoft, you have to wonder why a page as important as this didn't go through at least one proofreader.
I don't claim to be taking pleasure in their problems, just sharing what I've found.
it's an india subsite, if you notice the URL. that's why the spell was wrong
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