[1032] in Humor
HUMOR: A bit more on Windows 95
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Tue Aug 29 11:28:17 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 11:25:39 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 09:18:31 -0800
From: mliberty@techreps.com (Merlyn Liberty)
>LONDON -- Microsoft chief Bill Gates reportedly is hoping that the
>Rolling Stones' hit "Start Me Up" means sales will never, never, never
>stop for his new Windows 95 computer software system.
> Breaking their longstanding refusal to sell song rights to advertisers,
>the rock group accepted $12 million to let Gates use the song in
>advertisements for the system, The Sun reported Wednesday.
> Gates asked Stones lead singer Mick Jagger to let him use the song.
>"When Microsoft approached Mick, he quoted a ludicrous amount of money
>thinking they would turn him down," an unidentified Stones source was
>quoted as telling the newspaper. "To his surprise they agreed almost
>immediately."
>-------------------
>
>Microsoft's pick for Rolling Stones song to launch Windows 95:
> "Start Me Up"
> (which carries the refrain...) "..make a grown man cry..."
>
>Bill Gate's message to the world: "Under My Thumb"
>
>Song picks for the rest of us:
>
>For those with only 8 Mb RAM: "(I can't get no) Satisfaction"
>For those with 486's: "Time Is On My Side"
>For those with existing non-Plug'n'Play
> hardware "19th Nervous Breakdown"
>For Win95 support staff "Sympathy for the Devil"
> after 2 months on the support line "Emotional Rescue"
>For those who would rather use NeXTStep "Paint it Black"
>For everybody who buys Win95 "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
>For those with Macs "Hey you! Get off of my cloud!"
