Bradley, Greg wrote:
> When was the last time you saw an ad in a non-enthusiast publication
> that advertised availability of Linux?
. . . or a non-tech, non-Linux Web site that advertised the fact that it runs
on on a Linux box (as opposed to, say, M****$*** IIS or the countless
'best-if-viewed-with' tags)?
I agree; the only time I see a Linux vendor in the mainstream media is when
Caldera is suing M$ again. (There it is again: Linux nuts are all a bunch of
petulent, paranoid freaks out to get Bill Gates.) RedHat does a lot of
publicity stuff, but it seems to all be concentrated around trade shows and
the already-converted.
National exposure is expensive. But think what would happen if (for example)
Compaq decided to include Linux as an option for their servers and/or high-end
PC's. One supposes that they would have to advertise that choice as a
possible advantage for choosing Compaq products over others. I can see it in
a newspaper ad right now: "The Compaq DeskPro-80-bajillion, now available with
WindowsNT -or- CPQ-Linux pre-installed. . . "
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