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He's a Mac, He's a PC, But We're Linux!

Posted by timothy on from the those-other-people-are-blenders dept.

davidmwilliams writes "Earlier this year the Linux Foundation launched a competition for budding writers, film makers and just general Linux enthusiasts to make their own grassroots advertisement to compete with Apple's highly-successful 'I'm a Mac' series of adverts. The winner has now been announced."

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  1. IBM Linux ad by ultrabot · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the old Linux ad by IBM. It's pretty cool:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwL0G9wK8j4

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  2. Re:Wow by pseudonomous · · Score: 5, Informative

    Like the rude AC, I re-iterate more politely:

    The winning ad doesn't copy either the Apple or Microsoft campaign styles. It's actually pretty good, except for the fact that it doesn't at all make clear WHAT linux is, but it might make some people interested enough to google it.

  3. Re:Wow by Repossessed · · Score: 5, Informative

    You should probably actually watch the video, once it stops being slashdotted. Or go to Youtube.

    The winner isn't anything that would be recognized as a I'm a Mac/I'm a PC commercial rip off, or anything like what Microsoft made either. I'm not sure why this is styled an "I'm Linux" contest in the first place, almost none of the videos had anything to do with that (The only one that was even close and worth mentioning was the "I'm Not Linux" video series).

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