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IBM's New Linux Advertising

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the big-blue's-big-bucks dept.

Amit Shah writes "IBM is airing a commercial featuring Linux as reported on Economic Times. This could be the first major way to reach out to normal users and explain the benefits of open source and Linux. The ad says, "Collecting data is only the first step toward wisdom, but sharing data is the first step toward community""

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  1. Get onboard the Clue Train... by Lodragandraoidh · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here is a blast from the past - the ClueTrain Manifesto

    Enjoy the ride...

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    Lodragan Draoidh
    The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it. - Mark Twain
  2. Re:"Makes life simpler". Right. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you the IP troll? Everyone of your posts refers to abolising copyrights and patents. Do you have anything valuable to say?

  3. GOD BLESS COMMUNISIM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  4. Re:I HAVE A GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, but is it ON TEH SPOKE?

    GO LENIS!

    (Use the Preview Button! Check those URLs!)

  5. Sure. by Thinkit3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Use hexadecimal.

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    -Libertarian secular transhumanist
  6. Re:Linux. The Future is Open. IBM. by NineNine · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How naive. It's really simple. IBM is trying to rake in a few billion selling software they don't have to pay for. I don't know what's giving you a warm fuzzy feeling. It's not charity. They're not "supporting the community", they're simply saving tens of millions on software development by letting gullible, naive college kids work for free. It's the same thing that happens at my local food co-op. The food co-op plasters the word "community" on everything, and people stand in line to "volunteer" there. The co-op is a business, and they're just using the same kind of gullible, naive people to work for free for them. Same fucking thing. Fuck it. Labor is expensive. Maybe I'll convert my business to a "co-op", and let the "community" "volunteer" to run my business while I sit in the back raking in the money.

    There's a sucker born every minute.