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Linux Foundation wants to see your Mac ad spoofs
by Brad Linder Dec 22nd 2008 at 7:00PM
Everybody loves a good "I'm a Mac" ad spoof, right? I mean sure, the meme is well over a year old on YouTube, and even Microsoft has fired back with an "I'm a PC" campaign. Now the Linux Foundation wants in on the action.The group is asking people to submit video ads that run 60 seconds or less, with the theme "I'm Linux." Ads don't have to directly take on Apple and Microsoft's iconic ad campaigns. But somehow I get the feeling that many of them will.
The winner will get a free trip for one to Narita, Japan for the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit in March. There's no guarantee anyone who's not already a Linux enthusiast will ever see your ads.
Over the years, we've seen a lot of memorable ads for Linux, some created on a shoestring budget by amateurs, others published by big name companies like IBM and Novell. You can check out a few of our favorites after the break.
[via Gizmodo]
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sitruc said 7:34PM on 12-22-2008
"Everybody loves a good "I'm a Mac" ad spoof, right? "
No. They're well past their sell-by date.
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anjenaire said 10:45PM on 12-23-2008
This is the funniest Linux "ad" I have ever seen circa 2003: http://ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=54
They should get this guy to tweak this a bit.
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Eli Gundry said 8:33AM on 12-24-2008
I've actually written about 4 Mac spoof ads. One of them does spoof Linux. It starts like any other ad, with the boilerplate "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" but then you have got a guy in a penguin t-shirt come out of nowhere yelling "I'm number 1! You all suck!" or something like that. I shoot late January.
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