$10,000 to be given away by Microsoft?

**PointOfService** · 06-19-2009, 03:07 AM

Someone just send this link to me: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/ie8/competition/

It seems that after Microsoft announces that they'll be giving away 8 meals per download of their new Internet Explorer 8, they've developed another strategy to make a lot of people download and use IE

Quote:

We've buried $10,000 somewhere on the Internet and if you're the first one to find it, you get to keep it.

Kinda interesting since you get to keep it, but you have to use IE to find the clues in order to locate the hidden webpage that has the $10,000!

**tripy** · 06-19-2009, 03:28 AM

No need to precipitate though.
The chase is open only to resident of australia...

**PointOfService** · 06-19-2009, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tripy

No need to precipitate though.
The chase is open only to resident of australia...

Sorry, I forgot to mention that. The ad just intrigued me on the first place

**jason_alan** · 06-19-2009, 04:37 AM

I wouldn't even use IE for 10,000. If I needed the money though I would look here: http://microsoftsucks.org

**impactwebdesign** · 06-19-2009, 06:58 AM

I am using IE 8.
But not interested in this.
May be it is scam or anything if such big company can not search it than how can i?

**Jos34** · 06-19-2009, 01:58 PM

dont believe it

**PointOfService** · 06-22-2009, 02:15 AM

Probably true, probably not. Don't really know, all I see is Microsoft trying to buy off FF lovers

After their "8 meals donation per download of IE8" announcement, now this? I don't think IE can beat Firefox, well not for now I guess.

**johnch** · 09-30-2009, 04:22 AM

Wow that is so cool, if that is true in the first place.. And even if that price was for real, its pretty much useless for me since I'm not from Australia..