On May 29, 2011 11:18 AM, "Robert Simmons" <<a href="mailto:rsimmons0@gmail.com">rsimmons0@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Kevin Cole <<a href="mailto:dc.loco@gmail.com">dc.loco@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > Just what is Linux mascot Tux doing in a TV cereal commercial? [Video] > > That's called extremely effective viral advertising. It got you to > watch a fruit loops ad and even forward it to other people on a > information channel that fruit loops advertising normally does not > travel. I suppose so, but I cannot believe Tux would cause many Linux users to have a sudden craving for a bowl. (Maybe if the box contained a CD... but even then, probably not.) Not likely to make parents go buy it for their kids either... It seems more likely that enthusiasts would just bore their non-geek friends and families by pointing Tux out and launching into a FOSS evangelical tirade. That's what I'd do. :-) "Repent! Even Toucan Sam opposes proprietary software!" Then again I may start referring to "lo" as the fruit loopback device. :-)