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plb
November 7th, 2005, 08:09 PM
Anyone ever seen a Linux commercial....ever?? I haven't, yet I have seen countless Windows ones. Why is this? Perhaps Mark should throw his wallet around in this area :D Nah, but really why is it we never see Linux commercials?

Stormy Eyes
November 7th, 2005, 08:15 PM
Anyone ever seen a Linux commercial....ever??

I've seen plenty of print adverts, but nothing on TV. Then again, I haven't watched anything on TV since 1996.

Brunellus
November 7th, 2005, 08:22 PM
IBM used to push Linux very very hard in its TV spots. Haven't seen them do that in a while

Sirin
November 7th, 2005, 08:37 PM
Anyone ever seen a Linux commercial....ever?? I haven't, yet I have seen countless Windows ones. Why is this? Perhaps Mark should throw his wallet around in this area :D Nah, but really why is it we never see Linux commercials?

Because advertising costs billions of dollars a year, well beyond even RedHat's budget. The Linux Community is a very seperated and fragmented community. There will never be another Linux commercial except IBM's, which stopped production back in 2002. I don't think Shuttleworth has the money to support even 10-second commercials. ;)

welsh_spud
November 7th, 2005, 11:41 PM
I believe the people at Linspire are thinking about making an advert for Linspire. They have a rough draft of what they are thinking about putting on air on their website

http://images.linspire.com/linspire5.0intro4-6-5.swf

HJThis
November 7th, 2005, 11:53 PM
Hi,To all

Wow now that you say it i have not seen a one
odd you would think one of the linux teams
would have ran at the chance to put it on TV ;)

Best of luck

BWF89
November 8th, 2005, 12:42 AM
http://images.linspire.com/linspire5.0intro4-6-5.swf
That would make a great commercial.

ThirdWorld
November 8th, 2005, 12:51 AM
Hey guys, and what about public broadcasting? like PBS or NPR in USA? im sure for a little donation per month NPR can do publicity for Linux Ubuntu. they do for local bussines. What about... hey!! i got an idea....what about a cable channel all linux- all day... that autofinanced itself with hardware publicity or services??
What you think??? :)

The OpenSource Channel....

Edit: actually this is good subject for a new thread

Stormy Eyes
November 8th, 2005, 01:07 AM
Hey guys, and what about public broadcasting? like PBS or NPR in USA? im sure for a little donation per month NPR can do publicity for Linux Ubuntu.

NPR and PBS in the USA are both backed by the government. You won't catch me giving those parasites money voluntarily.

newbie2
November 8th, 2005, 01:08 AM
That would make a great commercial.
it crashed 2 times when i wanted to see it ...tried Bug_Buddy,but kept on saying :

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poptones
November 8th, 2005, 01:19 AM
Let's see... Mohammed Ali, Penny Marshall, Sylvia Nasar, John Wooden...

I can't believe you haven't seen the linux "prodigy" ad?

His name is... linux

Awesome tv spot.