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big_D
What's a life?
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Because that is how American advertising has worked for decades, it is what they know, it is what is expected.  You rubbish your rivals, you don't mention your own product... It is the same for the political advertising in America, California has elections coming up and a couple of commentators were moaning that they couldn't really make an informed decision, because the candidates were just bad mouthing each other and none of them was actually stating what they were standing for! 
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Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:36 am |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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They do not stand for anything. It is a matter of keeping one group in power so they can get more funding from the industries that are backing them.
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Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:23 pm |
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ProfessorF
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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As usual, 2-3 years behind them... 
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Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:44 pm |
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gavomatic57
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:30 pm Posts: 1757 Location: Cardiff, Wales
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I don't recall any Apple adverts that even mention Microsoft, to be fair. Then again I've only ever seen them advertise the ipod, iphone and ipad recently - areas where Microsoft don't really compete in any meaningful way.
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Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:47 pm |
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jonbwfc
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I think they were smart enough not to mention the company by name, it was always 'PC' or 'Windows', which are legally generic. However it was pretty obvious who they were talking about. Which of course is exactly what they were hoping for. Jon
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Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:56 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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Touche 
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Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:11 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Yes but European Advertising bans such bad mouthing of competitors that the Americans can get away with.
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