From: John P. Looney (john at domain antefacto.com)
Date: Wed 31 Oct 2001 - 10:52:22 GMT
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 11:00:17PM -0500, kevin lyda mentioned:
> just saw an ibm linux ad in game three of the world series[0]. while not
> the tv ad showcase that the super bowl is over here, there are a lot
> of viewers. the ad had two business execs calling the cops and then
> bringing them into an empty server room to show them where the stolen
> servers were. then an it guy pops up and explains that they were all
> replaced by an ibm ebusiness server running linux, ponting at a file
> cabinet sized box in the far corner.
For those of us not in the US, searching through the archives will bring
up a link the MPEG of this ad on the IBM site. Dead good.
> [0] comments on the series name should go to social. yes, that means
> you paul.
I thought we already told him that the "world" was due to the news paper,
called "The world" that sponsored it.
Kate
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