What the heck were they thinking - The Gates/Seinfeld commercial

I always thought that Microsoft was a pretty good marketing company, but after seeing the new Seinfeld/Gates commercial, I am beginning to have my doubts. I have watched the commercial a couple of times now looking for some kind of subliminal message or even the point that they are trying to make, but so far I am totally baffled as to what Microsoft was trying to do.

I have never really been a big fan of Seinfeld so maybe I just don’t get the humor that they are trying for (although I did get a kick out of the picture of Bill Gates on his ‘Clown Club’ membership club). Hopefully this is not the beginning of an ongoing campaign for Microsoft. If it is, I hope that they add a little direction to the next one.

Oh I get it now…the advertising comes from people like us that go around talking about how bad the commercial is. I am sure that there are millions of people that have never heard about Microsoft so here is their first chance to hear the name… Okay, I got nothing (on Fark this would be accompanied by a picture of a rabbit with a pancake on its head).

Well I guess the good news for Microsoft shareholders is at least this wasn’t done during the Super Bowl where the prices would have been a little higher.