A while back I commented on how Microsoft had an article dedicated to teaching IT bosses how to convince business managers that Vista is practically a required upgrade. Well it gets better. Witness the true power of the Internet.

The Microsoft Australia site is running a contest called Fact or Fiction. And you, the intrepid in-house tech types, get to show off how much you know about the different versions of Vista. The whole thing takes about 20 to 30 minutes or so, and as one punter wrote:

“The whole thing is a massive exercise in how well you can regurgitate Microsoft marketing hype. If there’s a question which might put Vista in a bad light, it’s clearly Fiction, but if the question is happy and fluffy and might make people rush out into the streets in droves, driven by the whole heady thrill that is Windows Vista, it must be Fact.”

As a professional geek, I found this one to be too funny. The fact that it’s true (the site can be found here) makes me laugh that much harder. Granted that the prizes are very good – first prize is a $15,000 AUD entertainment bundle – but what was MS thinking when they came up with this? Is the public perception of Vista so bad that they feel they need to resort to this?