How NOT to do viral video: Microsoft and Windows 7 Launch Party

Sometimes I wonder if Microsoft's marketing department isn't just big fail party. First, they blatantly copy Apple and are launching their own brick-and-mortar stores (complete with Answers Bar!). Now they are trying to convince groups of diverse people to hold Windows 7 launch parties with a series of lame videos posted to YouTube.

Really, if this isn't a thinly veiled attempt at corporate propaganda, I don't know what is. I'll admit, I thought the commercials with the girl making a slide show of the Windows 7 reviews was cute, but these videos are just sad. Marketers around the world have got to be collectively shaking their heads.

Come on Microsoft, please come up with more innovative marketing campaigns in the future, mkay?