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Defaced? More Like Improved Immeasurably

Jun. 5, 2011 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

Some enterprising pranksters walked up to an Apple Store in Hamburg, Germany during its construction and put a giant Windows logo right out front, in broad daylight. Apple partisan Philip Elmer-DeWitt claims the store was “defaced.” More like “improved.” And it’s exactly the type of thing Elmer-DeWitt would cheer if it was the other way around. So I get to call BS on this and cheer myself.

Nicely done, whoever is responsible for this. Nicely done.

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robinwhitehead
on Jun 5, 2011
Shame they didn't quite get the Windows logo quite right - the green and the blue squares need to be swapped...

Still funny though - video of them doing it can ge seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p9R1mO4zV8



doubledeej
on Jun 5, 2011
Here's a video of the pranksters in action...

http://vimeo.com/24653938



JackHayward
on Jun 5, 2011
Oh dear, Looks like the green and the blue are the wrong way around! But still, that is pretty good, whoever did this needs an award or something!
beijingmac
on Jun 5, 2011
A backwards Microsoft logo on a blank black wall... Improved immeasurably? Maybe. It's probably the best thing the marketing department at Microsoft has done in the last five years.
merminod2
on Jun 5, 2011
These guys received a lot more buzz than Microsoft marketing can generate for any of their campaigns.

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