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`Napolean Dynamite` Adopted by Microsoft

`Napolean Dynamite` has finally been turned into a video spoof by Microsoft. The popularity of the 2004 movie inspired this project and Microsoft`s software developers had a fun time creating it. The spoof encompasses the character of Napolean and Bill Gates.

The video has the film`s main character reporting to work as a programmer for the world`s largest software maker. Then, in a face-off between the two best known nerds, Jon Heder, the actor who plays Napoleon Dynamite, beats Microsoft founder Bill Gates in a slapping match to become the head of Microsoft. The two wear ill-fitting, brown suits in the video as they go around the Microsoft campus.

By the video`s end, Gates is seen hurrying into the office of his boss, Napoleon Dynamite. Microsoft commonly uses events and popular trends to poke fun at their competitive business culture and their chairman and largest shareholder, Gates.