Hands up anybody who has seen the tv ad all about computer openess etc. At first I thought "bloody hell, is this an ad on UK tv for Ubuntu or Linux in general?" It was going on about how this company is open so that everybody can collaborate and share in the 'open'. Open was really pushed, can you tell. Then right at the end came the clincher. It was an advert for bloody Microsoft!!!! Laugh, I couldn't stop crying. It is an absolute blatant rip off of the open source way of life. I hope they get sued for it because it really is a nasty advert. -- ============================================== Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

No not seen it. For my telly's sake I hope I don't! Does this mean they will be publishing the Windows 7 source code? Chris. 2009/2/18 Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com <mailto:kevanf1@gmail.com>> Hands up anybody who has seen the tv ad all about computer openess etc. At first I thought "bloody hell, is this an ad on UK tv for Ubuntu or Linux in general?" It was going on about how this company is open so that everybody can collaborate and share in the 'open'. Open was really pushed, can you tell. Then right at the end came the clincher. It was an advert for bloody Microsoft!!!! Laugh, I couldn't stop crying. It is an absolute blatant rip off of the open source way of life. I hope they get sued for it because it really is a nasty advert. -- ============================================== Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk <mailto:Staffslug@staffslug.org.uk> http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

2009/2/18 Tom Hill <tom(a)ninjabadger.net&gt;: > I do seem to remember laughing at the telly this weekend... > > Typical Microsoft though; kinda like parking the Birmingham "I'm a PC" > booth right outside of the Apple shop in the Bullring. > > Though I kinda laughed 'with' them at that point. > thanks tom :(

Agreed. But it's so sexy to have an Apple computer never mind the cost :-( Personally, having used Apples I really don't see what the fuss is about. They are computer. Ok, the OS is good (better than MS offerings) but so is a PC with Linux loaded.