http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/9/18/151826/595 Most who sat through <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz6amk3P-hY">it</a> ended up scratching their heads and wondering "what?"  It was the first in what was promised to be a series of Microsoft ads featuring former CEO Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld.  In the end, the sentiments that the ad was a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/09/seinfeld-gates.html">remarkably subtle</a> attempt <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.seattlepi.nwso en-us Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:17:48 EST Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:15:40 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/9/18/151826/595#2 I thought the family ad was kinda cute. They were definitely dumb to pull it just because of the flak on the shoes ad. All the talk it generated more than made up for any "brand confusion" I'm sure. These new windows anywhere "I'm a PC" ads on the other ha Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:15:40 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/9/18/151826/595#1 I actually liked the "family" ad.  It had nothing to do with Windows, or computers, but there was something endearing about Gates.<p> I'm glad, though, that the Linux people are not releasing ads with Linus Torvalds. Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:28:21 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/