__/ [ Ramon F Herrera ] on Tuesday 19 September 2006 08:56 \__
> I was watching the Comedy Channel when suddenly the TV screen showed a
> BSOD, very realistic looking. Since I have seen things like that in
> cable TV -such as a DOS window that reads "C:\ DEVICE NOT FOUND", I
> thought it was a real BSOD. Much to my amusement, the screen then said
> something like "We are now using the unbreakable Mac OS", but it too
> went into an infinite loop (like a scratched vinyl record) saying the
> same words again and again.
>
> Finally, the screen said: "Now we are switching to Open Source" and the
> TV program continued normally.
>
> That was fun :-)
>
> -Ramon
>
> ps: Who says nobody is advertising Linux?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iZOOpTGvgB0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0JqtMgiUaf4
Among a few more. There are also some promotional videos.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zYLk7_mk3mc
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wjSDAUykkzQ
Among more...
Novell has got quite a few, but not many will reach prime time TV and stay
there for a long time. For those who are persuaded by pricey brainwash,
Windows would be fine. Serves them right (or not).
Best wishes,
Roy
PS - Mac adverts point out the weaknesses in Windows, which works out very
well for Linux (the "just about anything but the 'Windows guy'").
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