Comments on: Mac-PC-Linux Spoofs: Why We Didn’t Say “SUSE Linux” and more

By: morjava

morjava — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:34:11 +0000

and the girl is hot

By: morjava

morjava — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:13:34 +0000

good to see it wasn’t used as suse linux, it only adds more consumerism to the campaign and thats not what linux is about, it’s about freedom from those things

By: DC

DC — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:20:28 +0000

brown is not a colour of the rainbow

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:41:36 +0000

Whatever. The girl who plays Linux in that film is HOT.

By: Ken Park

Ken Park — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:53:22 +0000

… and another thing: The commercial is great, my girlfriends name is suse and i think the green color of her sweater and the brand and the end is placement enough I always liked this linux-and-one-color-of-the-rainbow idea….

linux and:
green -> suse
blue -> fedora
red -> ..hat
brown -> ubuntu
….

By: Ken Park

Ken Park — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:48:47 +0000

Only bad thing about this whole commercial….. either you say:

“Hi I’m Windows”
“and i’m Mac OSX”
” and i’m Linux”

“Hi I’m a PC”
“and I’m a Mac”
“and i’m a Mac or a PC or some other machine running linux.”

… guess thats nitpicking and most people get your point but still…

By: Lloyd Budd

Lloyd Budd — Mon, 14 May 2007 04:06:21 +0000

Hi Ted,
Thanks for responding. The context was presented as `insert “SUSE Linux” into the mix` which is what I was responding to. I am sure my opinion is greatly biased by me not liking the videos.

The videos could have been more about Linux and less about Novell. It could have been “made by Novell” instead of “Linux… Novell” or better yet been less the classic ad format of entertain then sell.

It is good that you personal ownership for your work — not enough people can or do. I would not doubt your advocacy being genuine, but I think many people will agree with me that the result is less than very much about the larger community.

Congratulations on your new job!

I would love to someday hear what you candidly think about the Microsoft Novell deal — for me such a partnership is fundamentally a good thing, it just has been horribly executed (life is in the details).

By: Ted Haeger

Ted Haeger — Sun, 13 May 2007 16:32:44 +0000

Lloyd [10]:
That statement refers to why the actor playing Linux does not say “Hi, I’m SUSE Linux.” Instead, she says, “Hi, I’m Linux.” Of course a company that makes a video like this is going to have their name at the end of it. Furthermore, I was directly involved in the creation process (and helped to shoot down whenever a suggestion that we should have her say “SUSE Linux”), and I personally advocated that she be only “Linux” for the very reason that I stated. So, when you suggest that it’s disingenuous, you are not saying this about a company (Novell, my former employer), but you are saying it about me personally.
–Ted

By: Lloyd Budd

Lloyd Budd — Fri, 11 May 2007 18:35:55 +0000

‘We chose to go with “Linux” deliberately’, Novell having two Linux brands would seem to be the most likely answer: “Novell Linux” and “SUSE Linux” are used throughout your site.

The way the “Linux … Novell” is shown, I feel it is disingenuous to suggest that the videos are very much about the larger community. If that was the intention there is a lot more that could have been done.

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