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Title: Micro$hop
Post by: Pastis on August 26, 2009, 09:58:55 AM

A wonderful attempt from Micro$oft to get the right tone in their communciations  ;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8221896.stm

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But on the website of its Polish business unit the black man's head was replaced with a white face, although the colour of his hands were unchanged.

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Title: Re: Micro$hop
Post by: Snoopy on August 26, 2009, 11:46:24 AM

That about sums up the whole racist thing doesn't it.  ::)


Bloody funny too.  lol: lol: lol:

Title: Re: Micro$hop
Post by: Pastis on August 26, 2009, 05:48:33 PM

Micro$hite would appear not to really get it ...

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Bloggers have had a field day with the story, with some suggesting Microsoft was attempting to please all markets by having a man with both a white face and a black hand.
"The white head and black hand actually symbolise interracial harmony. It is supposed to show that a person can be white and black, old and young at the same time," said one blogger on the Photoshop Disasters blog.