Hey all, I was just dorking around this afternoon, talking with a friend and we came up with a possible Linux Commercial idea together. Take a look at: http://www.knightswood.net/~ashari/commercial.html Not that we're in advertising or anything, but it still sounds pretty good to us :) What do you think? Take care, -Steven
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Steven Hatfield wrote:
Hey all, I was just dorking around this afternoon, talking with a friend and we came up with a possible Linux Commercial idea together. Take a look at: http://www.knightswood.net/~ashari/commercial.html
What do you think?
Har, I love it! Now, how can SuSE come up with the $500,000 (or so) to produce the commercial? Then, it would be nice to also find the $1,000,000 (or so) to air it during the next Super Bowl! Maybe if the references to SuSE were removed, all the distros could chip in on the principle that a rising tide raises all the boats. Maybe the Open Source community could donate the funds. If the FSF could coordinate, the donations would be tax deductible. Ah well, we can dream.... Regards, Lew Wolfgang
Maybe the Open Source community could donate the funds. If the FSF could coordinate, the donations would be tax deductible.
Actually, have Linux International or OSI run it, if RMS had anything to do with it, it would have to say "GNU/Linux" and have a disclaimer about how Linux is only the kernel, the FSF did the rest. ;-) -Tim -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ============== "Information Powered by Innovation" ==============
Man, that it TOO funny!
I can just see that playing on Prime Time television. Maybe as a web-ad
(Yeah, Flash sites generally piss me off, but THIS would take the cake!
But, you probably need to add something in the hold-music saying like "Thank
you for calling technical support. Your call is important to us. Your
expected wait time is *insert ridiculous time-length here*. Thank you for
holding." Or, have the phone disconnect after "your call is important to
us" maybe.
Been there, done that. :)
Have a lot of fun!
Geordon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Hatfield"
Hey all, I was just dorking around this afternoon, talking with a friend and we came up with a possible Linux Commercial idea together. Take a look at: http://www.knightswood.net/~ashari/commercial.html
Not that we're in advertising or anything, but it still sounds pretty good to us :)
What do you think?
Take care, -Steven
Another version. Have a small business or midsize company at a meeting discussing their frustrations with repeated hacks and employees always crashing the servers and lost productivity because they opened an virus. Then they comment about the new licensing agreement and how every couple of years or so they have to fork over more money to renew their license contracts and being constantly hustled to upgrade to a new OS that they aren't sure will be any more secure than their present system. The president/CEO then asks: "So does anyone have any Ideas about a viable alternative?" The camera pans around the room to a typical IT manager/network admin wearing a shirt (this guy/gal should look a bit like a computer geek) with a SuSE chameleon logo on the shirt. This person has an obvious grin (the kind that portrays patients and a "now I've got their attention" mind set) and says "I think I know how we can solve this problem and cut the cost at the same time!" Then a cut scene to a penguin sitting on a server, a chameleon jumps onto its lap. Then a narrator describes the virtues of the SuSE Linux distribution for business and enterprises. And in the background show a dumpster over flowing with various software boxes with a four colored flag logo. Then cut back to the IT manager/network admin reading a report with a graph boldly labeled "Cost vs Productivity", showing a sharply upward increase and circled in bright red ink are the words - "GOOD JOB" - signed by the President/CEO Just a thought, Curtis Rey On Wednesday 09 May 2001 17:18, Steven Hatfield wrote:
Hey all, I was just dorking around this afternoon, talking with a friend and we came up with a possible Linux Commercial idea together. Take a look at: http://www.knightswood.net/~ashari/commercial.html
Not that we're in advertising or anything, but it still sounds pretty good to us :)
What do you think?
Take care, -Steven
On 9 May 2001, at 18:32, Curtis Rey wrote:
Another version. Have a small business or midsize company at a meeting discussing their frustrations with repeated hacks and employees always crashing the servers and lost productivity because they opened an virus. Then they comment about the new licensing agreement and how every couple of years or so they have to fork over more money to renew their license contracts and being constantly hustled to upgrade to a new OS that they aren't sure will be any more secure than their present system.
Instead of Tux coming in through the bedroom door, he should come crashing through the window..."Shattering the Window". Perhaps even having the four panes of the shattered window different colors. It would be a good theme throughout different commercials to have the penguin or Geeko enter the room, (and thereby saving the operating systems) by shattering windows. Tux and Geeko can save both home users and business users alike, one time busting into a bedroom and another time crashing into a board meeting, perhaps with a BSOD on the overhead projection monitor. Just my wild imagination taking over. What do you think? ~Dale ________________________________ Dale Schuster MIS Manager Lake Tahoe Horizon Casino Resort dschuster@horizoncasino.com
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