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New Contest Will Seek the Best "I'm Linux" Video

Posted by kdawson on from the dust-off-directors'-chairs-and-hats dept.

LinuxScribe writes "From Apple's ubiquitous 'I'm a Mac,' to Jerry Seinfeld, to Microsoft's 'I'm a PC' retort, operating system commercials have been flooding the airways. Except that Linux is the one OS that has been notably absent. Now the Linux Foundation is launching a video contest on their new video site to fill this void. The winner gets a trip to Tokyo next year to participate in the Linux Foundation Japan Linux Symposium, and some serious geek cred." The contest doesn't officially open until late January; the blog post has an email address to contact if you want to get a head start.

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  1. OOh by symbolset · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You guys have mod points. It's a good thing I'm immune.

    Nice try though.

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    1. Re:OOh by Zencyde · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Offtopic but WTF? Someone is really out to get you. Some nice moderator should mod you back up. Unless you're Twitter... In which case, nevermind.

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    2. Re:OOh by symbolset · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I'm definitely not twitter. I am his fan, though. Yes, I've been identified as one of the people who have to be silenced if W7 has a hope of acceptance. I'm a voice of reason, and I've offered many of the base arguments against Vista, including: Why?

      Twitter is the zealot I was once. He's coming to a more moderate stance gradually, as is proper. In the mean time he gives an outer bound to the acceptable scope of zeal. In the process he is instructive, informative, and useful. He finds links the less motivated would overlook, and he manages to get them posted to the main page. If it were not for him we would not know about a lot of really negative stuff. Twitter is useful even in his foolishness. We owe him a lot even if we don't accept his M$ usages. More importantly, he has the time to seek out references and offences that I do not.

      If /. can't find a way to override the moderation of Hindi call centers, its day is done. I hope Cmdr Taco happens to read this. Vox populi is effective as long as it's not purchased by Vox Cash. I'm looking at 4 troll mods for my last 4 posts and thinking, "do I need this?".

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  2. Not mods, admins by symbolset · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does anybody here care enough to have a look at this? Please? If you don't, you're done.

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  3. Re:I vote for Rodney McKay by supernova_hq · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damnit, 3 days ago I get 15 mod points, now that something seriously worth a mod gets posted, I got NOTHIN'!