Tech MD Live

Microsoft did it again.  Yes.  Believe it.  One catch.  You have to be a student with a valid .edu email address.  And you have to be enrolled (what am I thinking).

Maybe Microsoft is just trying to get some tax breaks for the next fiscal year but students, take advantage of this.  I was going to post it last September 12 but the link was not yet active so I decided to wait for a few more days.  The site is up and you could make your purchase at http://www.theultimatesteal.com.  Offer is valid up to April 30, 2008. 

The Ultimate Steal promotion will run in Canada, UK and the United States.  It will be offered in France, Italy and Spain by Sept. 20, 2007.  Actually, the pilot was started in Australia with good feedback. 

Why do Microsoft do this?  They’re farming.  They’re planting the seed to these students who would be using this software for how many years they’re in college.  Afterwards, as the students graduate and become successful, they would be influencing the decision making in buying Microsoft products. 

And that is marketing with a twist.  Would your customer benefit from your services or products that you could slash for future business?  Learn from Microsoft. 

Talking about ingenuity and creativeness.  I was reading the news on MSN when I saw this article about MyDeathSpace.COM.  This site creates a ‘death map’ chart that marks former MySpace members with skull and grave markers.  It archives the pages of deceased MySpace members.  I know this post is not relevant to the theme of this site but I just find it interesting.

It’s Memorial Day once again and I would like to thank the wonderful men and women who have sacrificed so that we can enjoy the freedom that we have today in this great land of USA.

I pray for all the families of these men and women that the Good Lord will watch over them and protect them as their love ones served this country.  For those that have lost a loved one, I pray for peace for their heart and mind.  A tragic lost is not an easy event to go through.