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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: Calum on 27 January 2003, 17:52

Title: IBM Linux flash vids
Post by: Calum on 27 January 2003, 17:52

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/freecode.swf (http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/freecode.swf)

remember that 'free the software' song by the GNU Stallmans? the flash video above is like a little IBM linux advert, but it uses a version of that song as the music! cool, eh?

oh yeah and
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/passion.swf (http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/passion.swf)
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/meditation.swf (http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/meditation.swf)
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/penguinstein.html (http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/penguinstein.html)
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/evolution.html (http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/evolution.html)

Title: IBM Linux flash vids
Post by: Kintaro on 27 January 2003, 18:05

cool, watching them now

Title: IBM Linux flash vids
Post by: Kintaro on 27 January 2003, 18:35

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/penguinstein.swf (http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/penguinstein.swf)
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/evolution.swf (http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/fun/evolution.swf)

I just posted those links to make it better for others. And why did you post html for the last two.

I will say the evolution one was the funniest!

Title: IBM Linux flash vids
Post by: voidmain on 27 January 2003, 18:38

I saw that on newsforge. I thought one poster hit the nail on the head when he remarked that IBM was being a little hypocritical when they require proprietary software (macromedia flash) to view their cute Linux animations.

Title: IBM Linux flash vids
Post by: Calum on 27 January 2003, 20:41

X11, i tried to link directly to the swf files but for some reason two didn't work on my browser, so i just posted the html pages instead (even though i can't be bothered with that sort of thing)

void main, too true, like the other IBM linux commercial i saw which was available as windows media or quicktime movies! i couldn't believe it!

you'll see IBM made a couple of those flash movies as quicktime and realplayer movies too. Ironically flash movies are the most open of all those formats these days (aren't they? i thought macromedia opened up that file format recently).

Title: IBM Linux flash vids
Post by: Refalm on 27 January 2003, 22:38

Hey void main, are you that penguing on the motorcycle from freecode.swf?  :D

Title: IBM Linux flash vids
Post by: KernelPanic on 28 January 2003, 01:21

There is a techno version of the free software song floating aroung the net somewhere...