[BadVista Advocate] An ad campaign idea

[Michael D. Stemle, Jr.]

On Sunday 29 April 2007 19:42:27 Don Hensley wrote:
> Hey Jacob (or anyone else that's interested in an ad campaign),
>
> I just noticed that I've quite by accident come up with an easy to film,
> youtube-ish ad campaign:
>
> Two people, identical computers, bare hardware, a host (like in Jeopardy).
>
> The contestants pick their OS of choice (one Vista one GNU/Linux, of
> course).
>
> Then as the music plays they compete to be first to reach a web based email
> account containing some huge prize in an email.
>
> Of course the GNU/Linux person is using a live CD...
>
> Hey it's not about fair, it's about accurate. And because it's a live
> GNU/Linux CD the whole thing lasts just slightly longer then boot time for
> the live CD. In that time the "host" could cover a lot of pro GNU,
> BadVista, ground. Just talking like the Jeopardy host talks to add
> suspense.
>
> There you go, grab a video camera, a couple of boxes, three people, and
> start the next viral youtube ad campaign...
>
> I see subtitles, cool music loosely based on the theme from Jeopardy. The
> flummoxed look on the Vista persons face, the cool look of satisfaction on
> the GNU/Linux users face...
>
> True it does not really touch on the bad aspects of Vista, but it's not a
> bad GNU/Linux ad. Still it could prominently display the addy for the
> BadVista web site... might get some more people looking at least.
>
> Don.

How is a live CD more "accurate"?

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