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(a)yahoo.com.au>
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:16 pm
Subject: Re: Tux 500
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 13:36 -0400, linuxmaillists(a)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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