I’m starting to think of Microsoft as the Sarah Palin of the tech world. Pretty to look at with quirky and catchy outbursts that get your attention, but when looked at closely turns out to be empty and simply divorced from reality.

Apparently this latest Bizarro World advertising is supposed to get programmers to come to the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference later this month. Why do I get the feeling they should name this product Windows Se7en instead?

The company’s advertising has certainly come a long way since this: