{"id":3101,"date":"2012-06-11T13:27:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T11:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=3101"},"modified":"2018-07-10T16:52:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:52:48","slug":"pr-gone-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=3101","title":{"rendered":"PR gone wrong&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-Post Icon wp-image-1406\" title=\"Microsoft_Logo_white\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Microsoft_Logo_white-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Microsoft_Logo_white-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Microsoft_Logo_white-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Microsoft_Logo_white-480x480.png 480w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Microsoft_Logo_white-1440x1440.png 1440w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Microsoft_Logo_white.png 1845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/>This year&#8217;s NDC (Norwegian Developer&#8217;s Conference) from Microsoft seems<br \/>\nto have been a bit weird and shameful for Microsoft. During a very odd dance<br \/>\nshow where light-suited women have danced during a modifies Scooter song,<br \/>\nthe words &#8220;Micro&#8221; and &#8220;Soft&#8221; have flashed on the teleprompters.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Nothing special, as you would say. Sure, I totally agree but when the following flashes are &#8220;This doesn&#8217;t apply to my&#8221; and &#8220;PENIS (or VAGINA)&#8221; then it can get to a desastrous PR gag for the company.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why the NDC 2012 has been declared as sexist and personality-violating by some groups.<\/p>\n<p>Later on, Microsoft has stated that they are sorry for what has been presented and it should not have been any insult against programmers or discrimination of the genders.<\/p>\n<p>However Microsoft has now another tainted spot on it&#8217;s white vest. And you all know the quote: &#8220;If you once have done a mistake, it&#8217;ll follow you the rest of your life&#8221; &#8211; in this case it has again come true&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This is the video, for all those who want to know what it relates to:<br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3101-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/NDC-2012-developersong.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/NDC-2012-developersong.mp4\">https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/NDC-2012-developersong.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p>P.S.: the questionable part comes up at 1:16!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s NDC (Norwegian Developer&#8217;s Conference) from Microsoft seems to have been a bit weird and shameful for Microsoft. 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