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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On Sunday, September 07, 2003 10:15 PM, Zonker
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<DIV>>Frankly, I'd have gone with something a little more low-brow, like
a<BR>>computer-animated Tux bitch-slapping a Bill Gates lookalike as
he's<BR>>trying to steal people's wallets or something like that.
The<BR>>artsy-fartsy approach isn't going to go far with the average viewer.
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT><BR>>Am I wrong? Does anybody think
this was a good approach to marketing<BR>>Linux?<BR><BR>I totally
agree. Did IBM really think that the average sports dude would </DIV>
<DIV>be captured by a geeky-ad as he reached for his beer and chips? I
hardly</DIV>
<DIV>think that an esoteric ad such as this would be understood by the masses
</DIV>
<DIV>and would just be lumped in with sci-fi stuff ala Farenheit 451, the Blob,
etc.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>And would the average businessman be persuaded to give Linux a
try</DIV>
<DIV>seeing that Linux (portrayed as a kid learning the ways of the world)
would</DIV>
<DIV>be the answer to hard, real business issues?</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linux should have at least been portrayed as the
teacher rather than the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>student.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>