Microsoft apologizes for naughty dance routine

Microsoft quickly apologized Saturday for a raunchy techno dance routine that preceded a company presentation at the Norwegian Developers Conference in Oslo.

The focus was supposed to be on updates to the Windows Azure cloud computing platform. Instead, attention went to the dancing girls and party lyrics, including: "The words 'micro' and 'soft' don't apply to my penis (or vagina)."

After video of the routine made its way to YouTube, the Windows Azure team wrote:

This week's Norwegian Developer's Conference included a skit that involved inappropriate and offensive elements and vulgar language. We apologize to our customers and our partners and are actively looking into the matter.

Also, Microsoft corporate communications chief Frank Shaw said, via Twitter: "This routine had vulgar language, was inappropriate and was just not ok. We apologize to our customers and partners."

It's worth noting that, in the tweet before the apology, Shaw retweeted the @Bill__Murray post: "If Justin Bieber & Rebecca Black were drowning and you could only save one, would you go to lunch or read the paper?" Shaw answered "paper."

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As for the dance routine, could this be a case of trans-Atlantic culture clash?

All due hat tipping goes to GeekWire, which first wrote about this on Saturday.

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