Yep, you read that right. Linux, the never fighting, rarely advertising brand has jumped on that same old user generated content bandwagon. I understand this is an easy out for a small budget, but REALLY...I would expect better from you Linux.
My next question is, how is this going to work? In my experience (4 years of taking geek-packed math and computer science at a major university) most of the people who are proudly using Linux are pretty camera shy. Or maybe I'm just wrongly judging, but seeing as though they left a 3 seat perimeter in lecture halls between them and any (gasp!) female in class, I'm assuming none of them are going to be fighting for the spotlight any time soon. So I'm curious to see how this pans out. Are the proud Linux users going to come out of the woodwork? Take over the I'm a PC users? Or is everyone going to yawn because another company is jumping on the "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC" bandwagon started by Apple?
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Actually you know, this kind of stuff has been done before, but I can see how it will work for Linux.
It's guaranteed coverage from a lot of tech online media when the winner is announced, and best of all from their point of view, Linux gets other people to do the work and create the 'ads' at no cost.
I agree that it has been done...I think that is the greatest fault in the idea. While I understand the "free ads" appeal, I think Linux, with its cult following of highly skilled users could have done better, much better, than jumping on the "I'm my Computer" bandwagon with the rest of 'em.
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