[CoLoCo] OSX, UBUNTU, or Windows... take your pick... a PC that runs them all...

[Andrew]

I've actually seen most of the ones you mentioned.

The ones that have seen airtime should either be aired more, or new ones
frequently.

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:12 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>
wrote:

>  > >         To put it bluntly, most Windows users bullshit themselves into
> > > >         thinking
> > > >         they're superior.  Plain and simple.
> > > >
> > > > Or they have no idea there is an alternative...  : )
> > >
> > > Or they listen to Microsoft marking and think the kool-aid is all there
> > > is to drink.
> > >
> > > Today, Microsoft announced that they admit there were some problems
> with
> > > Vista.  Basically, they did not do a good enough job getting the word
> > > out of all of Vista's fine qualities (you know like requiring 3x the
> > > machine to do the same job with half the reliability... because they
> > > care).
> > >
> > > They also announced that they were going to begin a new advertising
> > > campaign to counter Apple's ads (you know the ones... Hi I'm a Mac...).
> > > They are going to differentiate themselves based upon what makes
> Windows
> > > superior to Mac... Yep, you guessed it, unlike Mac, Windows is not
> > > proprietary, and can run on any type of Windows based machine, not just
> > > those made by Apple, so you don't get that vendor lock-in.  Don't you
> > > wish you could be this clueless also.
> > >
> > > Trust me, drink the kool-aid
> > >
> > > I think the Linux community needs a commercial that competes with these
> > > two idiots.  Here is what I propose:
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > A well to do man is sitting in a wing back chair.  He is wearing a
> suit,
> > > with the Wall Street Journal  on the table next to him.  His tie is
> > > loosened.  You can tell that he is exhausted, and just watching TV.
>  One
> > > of those Apple commercials comes on, and he chuckles (after all don't
> we
> > > all?) and changed the channel.
> > >
> > > On the TV is the Microsoft ad that is calling Apple proprietary.  The
> > > man starts laughing so hard he is doubling over in pain.
> > >
> > > Screen fades to black, a dozen or so Linux distro icons come up (Red
> > > Hat, Fedora, Suse, Debian, Ubuntu, etc).  In the center of all those
> > > icons comes the tag line...
>
> > hmm.... interesting. I like the idea of someone viewing both commercials
> and
> > laughing. I'd laugh just watching someone laugh at them.
> >
> > It would be nice to see a Linux commercial that is as creative and
> appealing
> > as the mac commercials, yet informative. I'd like to see canonical try
> and
> > fund a commercial. But, i doubt that will happen, so I'd be just happy to
> > see any Linux commercial even if community created and put on youtube. I
> > guess there are a few on youtube already, but most don't seem that good.
>
> There are a bunch on Youtube, some of which have seen TV air-time.  Search
> for "IBM
> Linux commercial" or "Novell Linux commercial".  IBM has two series'.  One
> called "the
> Prodigy" and another that's about an IT teams struggles.  The latter series
> is not
> strictly Linux.  Novell has at least two series'.  One is a spin-off of the
> Mac/PC
> commercials, where a pretty redhead chimes in with, "I'm Linux."  Damn.
>  The other is
> "your Linux is ready".  There are lots of fan "commercials", too.  Search
> for "Mac PC
> Linux upgrades" and you'll find my favorite crude gut-buster.  There are
> also a bunch of
> demos of Compiz Fusion and Beryl, and training vids, and ...  Lots of
> things.  Youtube
> is rich with old Linux commercials and fun and educational Linux video.
>
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