IE8 marketing making you sick

Yeah but it's this site that has be puzzled in slight disbelief

http://www.browserforthebetter.com/index-htm.html#getie8:rrhN0cLp40N

Feed America?? does America really have trouble feeding it's citizens? They certainly look good on it. what about feeding those that are actually dying through lack of food.

Don't you know we ran out of money over here?
We've got one of them recessions.
So, Microsoft is willing to feed us starving developers who can't find a client.
Yay Microsoft! What was I thinking using Firefox for all these years?!

So that's what happened to Dean Cain.

Hmmm. Was Tony Googling for hairy **** **** **** dot com? Is that how he found this? Inquiring minds want to know!

cheers,

gary

Hi Gary,
Found via twitter where I seem to find most of my news these days.

@taslett

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/microsoft-withdraws-offending-puke-ad-20090703-d73n.html

I think MS are to be congratulated: reviving the careers of Dean Cain and Bobcat Goldthwait.

There are starving Amercians, and according to Feed America's statistics, 37 million Americans are living in poverty. The Feed America network secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually, and supports approximately 63,000 local charitable agencies that distribute food directly to Americans in need.

To learn more about Feed America and hunger in the U.S. check out this link: http://feedingamerica.org/faces-of-hunger/hunger-101/hunger-and-poverty-statistics.aspx.

IE8 is proud to be donating food and raising awareness for the Feeding America organization through its Browser For The Better campaign. If you would like to contribute 8 meals to Feed America all you have to do is download and install IE8 from:
http://www.browserforthebetter.com/?ocid=ie8_sm_a

-Nate

A member of the IE8 Outreach Team

Microsoft are watching us!

You all thought I was made, you won't shun my tin-foil hats any longer!

Wow, hello Microsoft, nice of you to drop by?

Erm hate to say this but perhaps your post re-enforces that general notion that Americans do not understand 'Irony' or by the sound of it 'Tongue in cheek' My post wasn't really to be taken that seriously.

I ought to state that your efforts are of course noble and not to be disparaged; and are in the spirit of that great American tradition of philanthropy, although it would be nice if you gave back to society without requiring something in return? but then perhaps you already do that as well.

One thing though Nate most countries have a level of poverty and citizens that need helping and this situation has been worsened recently by the global meltdown of economy that stemmed from really bad banking practises and the debts sold on to other countries. Currently the UK sits at the bottom of the European poverty league - sadly.

Along the same lines:

http://www.geektechnica.com/2009/06/busting-ie8s-mythbusting/

Mmmm, their marketing department really does seem to be eroding any goodwill that their developers might be fostering through the improvement of their products, by coming out with some quite dubious sorts of promotional techniques.