Who's the kid on the commercials?

[kurt at verruckt.org]

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From: "lowell" <lowell at kc.rr.com>
To: <kurt at verruckt.org>
Cc: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 5:14 AM
Subject: Re: Who's the kid on the commercials?

> 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.
>
>

Just like Algebra, not everyone "gets it"...

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