Shameless
Well, as opposed to the Vista launch fanfare, which by my recollection primarily consisted of press feed where Super+Tab was pressed to get that awesome 3-D Alt+Tab thing that nobody really seems to use practically, it appears the Windows 7 method is to have hapless Joe Users footing the booze bill to host a launch party at their houses.
The Windows 7 launch party at my place of work will consist of a massive Vista and Office 2007 roll-out over the next year or so. When it hits a large environment like US Manufacturing, if you put your ear to the ground you might actually hear the shrieks of pain as twenty year old spreadsheets begin to crumble, and people realize that every single toolbar and menu option has been moved, replaced, or renamed. Otherwise, getting rid of the ridiculous Excel 2003 and below row limit will be a boon to guys like me.
Well, even if the promotional activity is totally cornball, it can’t get worse than the Polish catastrophe.