Novell releases Get a Mac spoofs

That's how some people act when faced with something they're ignorant about.

I use both OSX and Linux and get a lot done with them, though as someone who tries to exercise my ability to choose wisely, I use them differently based on what I need to do and the strengths of each. The point of these ads seems to be to let people know that Linux does indeed exist and has a lot going for it even as marketing tends to try to present a more restricted view of things. Seems to be a pretty straightforward message presented in a humourous way. Why the touchy responses?

Ah, c'mon. Linux, the OS of the uber geeks, represented by a hip nubile young woman? Yeah, right.

Too bad that jacket doesn't go with those pants.

Kinda like Gnome and style! Har har har. :)

"Really, I didn't know it was sexist to divulge who you would or would not like to have sex with."

It's not. Referring to a woman (or just her vagina) as "it" is, however. A word like "hit" referring to something you'd want to do to a woman, or any part of her, is pretty tasteless, too. All I'm saying is: show a little respect in choosing your words, slang or otherwise. You want to sleep with the pretty lady? Super. Talk about it as if you were telling her yourself and wanted to avoid having a drink thrown in your face. Either way, I'm not sure what your sexual desires have to do with a Novell commercial in the first place, or why you felt the need to share them with us.

Anyway, to get back on topic: pretty good commercial.

"the industry often ignores Linux and its surprising (to some) user base size."

Um, what? Linux is very prevalent as a server OS, but if that is referring to it's users as a desktop OS, I've never seen any number that showed it to be over 1% of desktops. This isn't leaving out desktops shipped with Windows but reinstalled with Linux, but measured by counting operating systems by counting systems on the 'net as a desktop system.

Just as Apple's worldwide market share doesn't exceed 3%, I don't think Linux's installed base as a desktop OS exceeds 1%.

I've heard Linux can be a bitch to deal with...

I too would hit that!

Just to annoy dylandigits. Really, I didn't know it was sexist to divulge who you would or would not like to have sex with. Every day's a school day

Yeah, i don't know about Novell Linux, but Novell GroupWise is craptastic!
We can't get it to talk to any other apps.

Is it just me, or does the girl bear a striking resemblance to Ellen Feiss?