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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Contoso…

If you didn't already know, Contoso is the fictional business used by Microsoft in all of its demos. Contoso is as real as widgets. Which begs the question…

Why doesn't someone start a company called Contoso and use Microsoft for free publicity?

AOS

at 7:28 PM
Labels: High-level (not eye-level) Technical Rambling

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