Mr. Picklesworth
February 27th, 2008, 07:29 AM
Today, I was witness to yet another of those really, really irritating Colgate advertisements, where they tout the claim "designed by dentists" amongst absurd scenes featuring sparse sets and people dressed as dentists manipulating completely unrelated (but cheesey sci-fi looking!) computer interfaces.
...Then it hit me: Linux distributions could easily tout these claims with 100% accuracy in all kinds of sectors! After all, a lot of the work here is done by people with other jobs or other education.
Ubuntu; designed and developed by dentists, pet care experts, exterminators, medical doctors, pilots, aliens, psychiatrists, and rocket scientists... oh, and that geek next door.
The claim seems to do well for toothpaste, so that (raised to the power of ten) could be a worthwhile addition to our own marketing arsenal. It points out one of the benefits of being open, and (unlike most other efforts) is completely accurate in an absolutely direct fashion.
Do you know of anyone with strange / interesting / significant professions who works on open source software?
...Then it hit me: Linux distributions could easily tout these claims with 100% accuracy in all kinds of sectors! After all, a lot of the work here is done by people with other jobs or other education.
Ubuntu; designed and developed by dentists, pet care experts, exterminators, medical doctors, pilots, aliens, psychiatrists, and rocket scientists... oh, and that geek next door.
The claim seems to do well for toothpaste, so that (raised to the power of ten) could be a worthwhile addition to our own marketing arsenal. It points out one of the benefits of being open, and (unlike most other efforts) is completely accurate in an absolutely direct fashion.
Do you know of anyone with strange / interesting / significant professions who works on open source software?