Presumably to respond to Apple’s Get A Mac ad campaign and Microsoft’s various responses, the Linux Foundation launched a competition a while ago for “We’re Linux” ads. After receiving over 100 entires, they say, the results have been announced. Below is the winning ad:

I think an article at OSNews put it best:

“We are all geeks here, we’ll get the videos. But what about the majority of the world, who have little knowledge on this whole Linux and Free thing?”

This obviously brings up the issue of target audience. As an ad for geeks and the tech-savvy world, it’s great – I really can’t complain. If, however, you tried to show this to your grandmother, I don’t think she’d have a clue what it was about.

This type of ad certainly has a place, but I would also like to see some more consumer-focused ads out. Ubuntu Ad Contest, anyone?

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