Peace, Love, and Linux?

jenna_h · 04-22-2003, 05:00 PM

This isn't related to hardware or software, but since it is sort of Linux related, I though I'd ask...

A while back, IBM had an ad campaign over here where they put up billboards with a peace symbol, a heart, and a picture of Tux. The slogan was "Peace, Love, and Linux". I think the logo is quite cool, and I've looked everywhere trying to find a t-shirt with that printed on it, with no success. I wonder if anyone here knows where I could find one?

abc249 · 04-22-2003, 05:15 PM

You can make one with one of these really cool iron thingies you print on

trickykid · 04-22-2003, 05:45 PM

Probably cause the slogan was trademarked but last I heard IBM didn't renew their or gave up their trademark hold on the slogan

That's maybe one reason you don't see any shirts around for it.

superbondbond · 04-22-2003, 05:53 PM

like abc249 said, you could make your own with some iron-on transfers.

go to http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/passport.swf

and with a screen capture and some minor "GIMPing" you're done.

jenna_h · 04-23-2003, 12:44 PM

Thanks suberbondbond. I thought about doing the iron-on thingy, but all I could find were bitmapped images, and they got really grainy when I tried to scale them up big enough to print on a t-shirt. Since that site is flash it should be a little smoother...I'll just make the window really big before I capture it.

NGraphiX · 04-23-2003, 05:53 PM

is that like saying all linux fans are hippies ?

neenee · 04-23-2003, 06:32 PM

they aren't?!

slakmagik · 04-23-2003, 07:35 PM

*spins around in slow wavy circles*

Om mani padme IBM.

ranger_nemo · 04-23-2003, 10:39 PM

IBM got into a bit of trouble with that campaign... Especially in the San Fran area. They didn't use wash-off paint when they tagged the sidewalks, and had to spend a bit of money to clean them.

nxny · 04-24-2003, 12:34 PM

Yeah, I noticed that peace, love and penguin signs had suddenly appreared on sidewalks when I was walking to work in downtown SF one morning. There were no IBM logos or blurb whatsoever; I guess they wanted to be a bit mysterious. A couple of days, and the billboards appeared with the same sign and a red IBM logo. The city ended up charging them for graffiti-ing/defacing public property with an indelible paint. Anyway, I was glad to see open source finally hit the streets.