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Novell/Linux Parody on Apple's Mac vs PC Ads
xtaski writes "Wired's 'Cult of Mac' blog offers up video of Novell's spin on the Apple Mac vs. PC ads. The twist: a young lady portraying that winsome third party, Linux. There are two ads available for perusal, and the second is definitely the better of the two."
I hate that I can't use any X11 apps or any posix apps on my mac. It's seriously annoying when I go to type curl -f -O hwait... oh it works. Well how about etherea-oh that works too. Well ScummVM! no I guess that works too. Screw it, now all my anger over not having open source software on my mac is for moot. Dang it all to heck!
This one convinced me a long time ago!
http://www.ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=54
Just putting a cute woman on screen is not enough.
Good enough for the beta release, anyway.
Heh... I also liked the "I'm Linux," says the hot chick, "and there are an estimated 30 millions Linux users..."
Man... Linux really gets around...
Just wait until Novell does one about viruses...
Mac drives onscreen in some trendy car (bug, hybrid, whatever). Pop music.
PC drives onscreen in a wood paneled station wagon with a bicycle the back and a pile of luggage strapped on top (with bits of shirt flapping in the breeze). Music plays, but cuts out and comes back in at the wrong speed.
Linux drives onscreen in a jeep.
Cut to Mac "Nice jeep".
Cut back to Linux in a limo. "I liked it, but right now I want this."
PC "How do you change so fast?"
Cut to Linux on a racing cycle, "I have lots of configuration options."
PC "I wish I did."
Linux (now driving a semi) "One day you might."
Just putting a cute woman on screen is not enough.
you haven't looked around at the slashdot crowd lately have you? sure it is.
If she turned around you would see the knife that Novell plunged into her back when they sold out to Microsoft.
We don't see the world as it is, we see it as we are.
-- Anais Nin
More importantly - and much to my surprise - Now I find out that all you slashdotters HAVE BEEN with a woman...
(Yes I know some Slashdotters ARE women.)
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That was painful to watch. Open source community, either have web talent do it, or get some money together if you want decent ads.
That was awkward. Ouch.
All they expressed is that Linux exists, and is 'cute'.
Mac should have revealed GNU/BSD technologies at its core by lifting up his shirt and showing a mutated semi-open-source Kuato!!
"KILL ME..."
Mac: Not today! Not ever! Ha-ha!
Remember when you used to get news like this on Slashdot, first?
No.
Which century was that?
I noticed that she never pronounces SUSE so I'm assuming that means that even Novell doesn't know how to pronounce it.
Here's an even better Mac/PC/Linux video. Truth hurts.
And most of the Slashdotters who ARE women HAVE BEEN with womem... 'da truth!
Generally, bash is superior to python in those environments where python is not installed.
It's obvious that GNU/Linux is a woman.
She's high maintenance, expects everything to be given to her for free, and no matter what goes wrong... it's your fault.
It's funny, please don't mod me down, just be content that I'll be going straight to hell.
What the heck did they cut out the part where hot Novell Linux girl takes a $20 from the PC for certain favors out behind the shed?
(frackin sellouts..)
It should be Tommy Chong (of Cheech and Chong) playing the part of Linux. Then this would be more believable.
She's much more appealing than the Linux Guy we had before.
Circumcision is child abuse.
Now I know why you slashbots are always whacking off about it in here.
I thought you were just a bunch of nerds the whole time, I apologize.
Hey Linux, SHOW US YER TITS!!!! Woooo
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Yes. The choice of a woman to represent Linux is perfect. It has a lot of connotations to its ease of use, zero configuration, simplicity of maintenance, interface predictability, and, finally, TCO.
"Just putting a cute woman on screen is not enough." She's gotta have big boobs.