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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: avello500 on 25 January 2003, 20:54

Title: linux commercials?
Post by: avello500 on 25 January 2003, 20:54

ive seen commercials for apple and of course m$ but not for any distros of linux. how realistic does everyone think it is to have some?  or do you think the bigger distros are waiting for more desktop freindly features to be adapted?

[ January 25, 2003: Message edited by: avello500 ]

Title: linux commercials?
Post by: slave on 25 January 2003, 20:59

IBM had some Linux commercials but they were server-oriented.  Anyway, I hate most commercials (including the Apple and Microsoft ones) so I frankly don't care.  I think word of mouth and giving free CDs away would do the job just fine.  When Linux is "ready" for Joe Schmoe's use, he'll start using it.

Title: linux commercials?
Post by: Kintaro on 25 January 2003, 21:12

Tell Red-Hat to make commercials on there site! (Goto there "Contact Us" thingy).

Title: linux commercials?
Post by: Fett101 on 25 January 2003, 21:55

It'll be quite a day when a new release of a linux distro gets as much attention as a new Windows.

Title: linux commercials?
Post by: cahult on 26 January 2003, 11:28

What would the world be without advertising? Do it yourselves! Talk the makers of Linux variants into letting you users and developers make some posters and commercials (I don