IBM/Linux Commercials

Anyone else catch the IBM / Linux commercial today during football on I think it was FOX... (damned NFL Sunday Ticket I can't tell the difference between CBS and Fox anymore). But it's basically a little boy sitting in an all white room with one person after another telling them whatever they know. For example a pilot telling him how to fly, a plumber telling him it's all about the tools, a computer guy telling him it's all about the user, and my personal favorite Muhammad Ali telling the little boy he's gotta voice his opinion and never step down. Well to make a long story short the little boy is Linux and about how it's all about learning everything and making everything available to everyone. Just wanna know if anyone else saw it, and if so what did you think. GO LIONS!

Oh btw here is the link to the tv spot:
http://www-3.ibm.com/e-business/doc/...p/prodigy.html

It's kind of cool it even has a link for mplayer for linux

Moved: More suitable in the General forum for general discussions.

A lengthy commercial (at least a minute) by IBM which boiled down to saying open source enhances everyone/everything through knowledge sharing.
Watch it here.
Can you imagine the cost of that commercial, in the middle of an NFL game and the U.S. Open Championship Game?
Rock on IBM. :thumb:

well hate to say it but as an advert that really sucks... not a patch on the UBA or Business Binoculars... Nice to see them publically championing it so much though, but that goes without saying....

Moved: More suitable in the General forum for general type discussions and non-Linux questions. And someone already created a thread regarding this commercial. Regards.

I guess the forum description doesn't make sense to me, but owell. Didn't think to here first.

Kinda neat. Kinda creepy. It seems that they are just annoying the crap out of this kid and it just seems wrong

It seems too..........I don't know............just too...hmm

I think it's like counter-propagation to SCO's crap. Difference is that IBM can spend the money and advertise on it's own while SCO has to rely on the press. No press coverage, no big SCO problem, but too late now.

I can't get mplayer to work (or anything video related) so i read the dialog on there site, sounds like a awesome commercial glad to IBM to involved. <3 respect IBM big up

I actually like the commercial. It has that kind of "AI" feel to it. On the other hand, the "business" stuff was a downer. Stilll, other than that, the general idea made me fell good.

has anyone else seen it? what did you think?
as for me. . .it almost made me cry w/tears of wonderful wonderful joy . . . .


http://www-3.ibm.com/e-business/doc/...p/prodigy.html

Moved to General, where its more suitable. And also, we already had a thread created regarding this topic.

err thought i was in the wrong forum. . .hmm mind deleting this thread for me?

It makes me feel all warm inside
I could almost feel a tear pressing against the back of my eye...

wow, I've got goose bumps all over my body...
after a "wget http://rxns-rbn-sea01.rbn.com/ibmpdc...digy90_med.mpg && mplayer prodigy90_med.mpg"

.... it's like listening to BACH played on organs in a huge openspace church. - incredible