[ale] linux commercial

[Stephen Turner]

is there a website deticated to linux commercials? like where you can go
to read about the new ones or better yet see video clips?


--- "Kilroy, Chris" <Chris.Kilroy at turner.com> wrote:
> IBM has had an add campaign featuring Linux for awhile now.  Most of the
> spots center around a basketball team with average looking guys, with
> names like "Server" and other things representing corporate
> e-infrastructure.   Then they have this guy "Linux" who is in fact
> Detleff Schrimpf, a former NBA basketball player.   Obviously, on a
> court with a bunch of average joe's he dominates.
> 
> And the CEO big wigs who are watching the game, wonder how much he
> costs, bla bla bla.
> 
> "He's cheap"
> "But he plays so good?"
> "He just loves the game"
> 
> IBM has also had a print media add campaign you've probably seen Peace,
> Love, and Penguin for the last year or so.   They got in trouble
> actually for doing some graffiti with the Peace, Love, and Penguin at
> various places, hehe.
> 
> ->-----Original Message-----
> ->From: Stephen Turner [mailto:artic_knight at yahoo.com]
> ->Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:57 AM
> ->To: ale at ale.org
> ->Subject: [ale] linux commercial
> ->
> ->
> ->holy cow! i just seen linux in a commercial!! i was getting 
> ->ready to sleep
> ->(work gravyard) and had to boot up the comp just to say i 
> ->seen linux :) im
> ->so estatic, i mean i heard like during the super bowl or 
> ->something there
> ->was one but heck! i think the catch phrase was "ibm and linux makes
> ->networks bulletproof" :) it was about the lady that got out 
> ->of a meeting
> ->and went to mallibu or maui something like that :-p, it was 
> ->cool... ok im
> ->off my commercial linux high now :-p
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