Forkable Linux Radio Ad Now On the Air In Texas

christian.einfeldt writes "Everyone is familiar with the Linux video ads created by IBM, Red Hat, and Novell, but until recently, there have not been any professionally backed forkable radio ads. Now, Austin-based Linux advocate Ken Starks has obtained the services of a professional radio talent in creating a high quality voice track, which can easily be adapted by local providers of Linux computer services. The raw material (mp3, ogg) addresses end-user frustration with Microsoft Windows malware, and promotes Linux as a more stable alternative. Starks hopes the raw material will seed pro-Linux ads across the US, and he offers his own final product as an example of how the raw material can be remixed with music. He has released all of the raw material and final work under the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, and has waived the Attribution requirement in his blog. Starks's provocative ad is currently on the air in the Austin market during the popular talk show of Kim Komando, who just happens to be a Microsoft Windows enthusiast."

Comments

Re:DIW

[Blakey Rat]

Ok, I didn't watch all 5 minutes, because that godawful techno music made me want to tear my eyeballs out.

But the only message I got is that when you drag windows around in Compiz, they have massive amounts of ugly tearing-- so much so that it even shows up in a compressed YouTube uploaded video. If my Vista computer looked half that bad, I'd throw it in a dumpster.

Re:Just a minor point...

[rohan972]

Not really. If you say "Here, use Ubuntu" all sorts of people will flock to it, it won't be exactly what they expected, and many will leave disappointed. If you say 'Linux', they jump on Google, search for 'Linux' and find out that there are hundreds of distros, find the one that works for them, and are happy.

You have obviously never studied marketing. If you want to get a decision out of people, you want to give them two choices, maximum three. Give them a hundred choices and they won't decide at all.

It also depends on the reason you want them to switch. Someone paying for advertising is likely looking to sell support. If I was selling support, it would be for one distro only. Novell, RedHat and Canonical seem to think the same way about it.