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@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:16 pm
Subject: Re: Tux 500
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 13:36 -0400, linuxmaillists@xxxxxxxxxxx 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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> I read messages from the public lists.
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