Who's the kid on the commercials?

[lowell]

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 kurt at verruckt.org wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Kennedy" <erwin_k_r at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Who's the kid on the commercials?
> 
> 
> > Hi All,
> >
> > My wife always says that nobody has ever heard of
> > Linux and that I'm dumb to run it.
> >
> > We Watched the Chiefs game together. She never even
> > noticed the Linux references.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Bob Kennedy
> >
> 
> My wife knows (thinks) that linux is some geek 1337 os. I have told her the
> main differences. She understands the inferences in the commercials. IMO the
> commercials are not geared towards joe average. They are geared towards the
> "decision makers". Am I wrong here? I know we all see them, and understand
> them. But remember, we are not the intended audience...
> 
> Kurt

	My favorite line in the kid commercial is:"Knowledge 
amplification; what he learns, we all learn." The implications of this 
thread would seem to contradict this statement.