arstechnica.com - 7/16/2009
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Kevin Turner, Microsoft's Chief Operating Officer, told partners during his Worldwide Partner Conference keynote not only about the upcoming Microsoft Stores this fall to be placed near Apple stores but also about how Apple's lawyers wanted Microsoft to take down their ...
blogs.zdnet.com - 7/15/2009
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blogs.zdnet.com —
Microsoft is planning to open the first of
its planned retail stores next to existing Apple stores...
this fall. Kevin Turner, Microsoft's Chief Operating Officer, told partners the news during his Worldwide Partner Conference keynote on July 15.
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Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall
techflash.com - 7/20/2009
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techflash.com —
Looks like Microsoft will have some very well-informed
assistance as it tries to replicate the success of...
Apple's retail stores. Former Apple real estate chief George Blankenship, who helped lead the early rollout of the Mac maker's retail stores, is ...
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Apple's former real estate chief now working on ...
appleinsider.com - 7/21/2009
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Microsoft exec says Apple asked them stop airing Laptop Hunters ads
Engadget —
... 'Hey, you need to stop running those ads, we lowered our prices.'" Turner further went on to note that "they took like $100 off or something," before stating to applause that it "was the greatest single phone call in the history that I've ever taken in business" -- though he did apparently take a minute to ask "Is this a joke? Who are you?" In case you're wondering, Turner also confirmed that Microsoft is "just going to keep running them and running them and running them." [Via Ars Technica] ...
Microsoft Gloats Apple Whined to Stop Running Laptop Hunters Ads [Microsoft]
Gizmodo —
... satisfying, if Turner's telling the straight story about how it went down, even if, yes, MacBook Pros are the best value they've ever been, since it shows Apple as a bunch of whiners. What's not so satisfying is that bit at the end essentially saying that they're going to run the Laptop Hunter ads until the utter end of time. Take the Seinfeld approach guys—not that one—and go out on top. Well, as "on top" as those ads ever were, anyway. [Microsoft via Ars]
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Microsoft Gloats: Apple Begged Them to Stop Running "Laptop Hunter" Ads [Microsoft]
Gizmodo —
... satisfying, if Turner's telling the straight story about how it went down, even if, yes, MacBook Pros are the best value they've ever been, since it shows Apple as a bunch of whiners. What's not so satisfying is that bit at the end essentially saying that they're going to run the Laptop Hunter ads until the utter end of time. Take the Seinfeld approach guys—not that one—and go out on top. Well, as "on top" as those ads ever were, anyway. [Microsoft via Ars]
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About Those Totally Unscripted Microsoft Commercials…
Technologizer —
... As Ars Technica is reporting, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner is saying that that Apple has asked Microsoft to pull its Laptop Hunters ads that show consumers turning up their noses at Macs as being overpriced and underequipped: ...
Microsoft's Ad Campaigns: Have They Changed Your Mind?
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek —
... are striking a chord down in Apple's Infinite Loop. According to Microsoft COO Kevin Turner, he got a call from Apple's lawyers a few weeks back, asking that Microsoft pull the ads because Apple had lowered the price of some of its products. "It was the greatest single phone call in the history that I've ever taken in business. I did cartwheels down the hallway," he told attendees at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference. I learned of this tasty tale from ARS Technica, right here. ...
Apple hardware changes alter Microsoft "Hunter" ads
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... about getting a call from Apple's lawyers asking them to stop running the 'Laptop Hunters' Mom/Lauren ad because it inaccurately represented Apple's pricing. Guess what: Microsoft has since run an altered version of the ad. ...
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