Would you like to learn something about my country? Here is a short tutorial. Apparently, Microsoft has conducted deep marketing research in Poland and learned what does the reality look like in my country. The terribly woeful, yet shameless, thing is that they try to make a profit of that “knowledge”. Microsoft spokesman Lou Gellos tried out a miserable trick posting micro-apology squeezing it somewhere between new tools in Office package and green energy links. Bloody amateurs!
I’m sorry for my country!
Mateusz, I issued my “micro-apology” because, at that time, we weren’t sure if this was a hoax or a real website. Later, we were upset to find that it was a real Microsoft site. This certainly is not something we’d do on purpose. Our guidelines for websites and advertising are very clear on how we localize for different parts of the world. This did not follow the guidelines. We’re working to make sure that something like this doesn’t happen again, in Poland or anywhere else. -Lou
Lou, I really appreciate your comment to my post here. It is a good to hear it wasn’t on purpose. However, in spite of your explanation, I can’t understand how professionals at Microsoft (it doesn’t matter in which country) could implement such idea. Simply, something does not work over there, but I’m not entitled to argue about “how” and “why”. I’ve only commented the fact and expressed my deep disappointment.