Having been to several 'indy' events I think they MAY be aiming at the 'elietst' crowd and the larger corporate owners. although i cant think of a single company that sponsored a car BEFORE it had the worlds ear. Home Depot, Lowes, STP etc. It is ALSO a quick way to generate LOTS of cash. most sponsors in that league would think nothing of throwing half a mil in advertising to a race team, unfortunately they are appealing to a community of millions of individuals on the HOPE that several hundred thousand will toss in a dollar. Could be worse, they could be tempting NASCAR. Can you imagine Cooter and Skeeter the 1st time they have to CHMOD?
OY!
----- Original Message ----- From: Tim ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:16 pm Subject: Re: Tux 500 To: For users of Fedora fedora-list@redhat.com
On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 13:36 -0400, linuxmaillists@charter.net wrote:
The only way Linux will ever become a worthy adversary to MS on the desktop is when the Linux community as a whole has an open mind about doing things that apparently most Linux users think are stupid.
Ok, there's a joke to made about that... Hmm. To be on a par with MS, we've got to do just as stupid things as Windows does.
As it stands, Linux is a good alternative. It does what it does. It'savailable for use by all those interested in using it. And it's not forced upon you, unlike Windows.
Yes, marketing works, but you do have to pitch to the right market. Is car racing full of computing enthusiasts, or car enthusiasts? Linux is something for computing enthusiasts, not just computer users. Windows and MacOS is for them. There's little point in being a clone of them. Where's the benefit. You're no-longer an alternative.
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