2008/12/22 Elizabeth Krumbach <[email protected]>: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Alan Pope <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2008/12/22 Mike Feravolo <[email protected]>: >>> I am confused about how "I'm Linux" is going to sell anything to anyone, >>> maybe you should consider using the mascot "Tux the Penguin" is you are >>> going to produce a copycat commercial in the first place. >> >> The way I read it there is no _requirement_ for it to be "I'm Linux"... > > Indeed. Plus, Novell has already done it quite well: > > http://www.novell.com/linux/meetlinux/ >
I find them painful to watch. They smack of "me too", they are utterly lacking in any innovation at all. In my opinion we need something new, something the other guys flat out don't have. Look at the way people lapped up compiz videos, they showed something that Windows and OSX at the time could not do. Now we're seeing lots of videos showing Ubuntu/Linux on small/cheap devices like netbooks. Something vista can't do. Some of the Red Hat commercials have taken a different approach, showing for example how Linux is like the telephone and radio in terms of being dismissed and laughed at before being seen as viable. Perhaps we go down a similar route, showing that despite peoples perception, Linux is a viable platform. Just my 2p. Cheers, Al. Take a look at this Red Hat advert. http://uk.youtube.com/watch=?v=uBUgEx_91BU - it's -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
