Who's the kid on the commercials?

[Zscoundrel]

That is a good question.  I love the commercials and think I got a 
pretty good idea of what they are saying.  I doubt that most decision 
makers "get it" (at least the ones I had to wet nurse through every 
issue!) but then since I am not in there drawing it out in crayon for 
them any more, they really haven't got a chance. 

My wife says she got the message.  In fact, she really likes the 
commercials, but I have been preaching a similar message for about five 
years now, and she is way sharper than the typical end user. 

No idea who the kid is, but my 6 yr old is going to get one of my cast 
off machines with a fresh rebuild of Red Hat unless I find a more 
complete and more user friendly distro in the next couple of months..

Greg Kedrovsky wrote:

>I just got done watching the Chiefs game. There were several Linux
>commercials between Colts' touchdowns. Got a couple OT questions... just
>outta curiosity.
>
>1. Do you think general public or decision makers will really understand
>the "open" message IBM was trying to get across? It kinda seems to me
>that Joe SixPack of Dr. Office all see computers as just... Windows. I
>mean, I fiddle with Linux and use it all the time. I got it, I think.
>But, my wife didn't. 
>
>2. Who was the kid? 
>
>-Greg
>
>Go Chiefs...
>
>  
>

-- 
If you examine how Bill Gates funded research into solving the social issues he is concerned about 
las year, you would notice that he is 14 times more concered about the global threat of Linux than 
he is about AIDS. 

This is understandable when you consider the method of transmission.  I suspect Bill is probably 
much more likely to get Linux than he is to get AIDS!!!  After all, you can download and install 
Linux by yourself!