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<div align="center"> <b>Watch
a Linux TV Commercial</b><br>
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<div style="text-align: left;">For
desktop Linux companies to be successful, we
need to reach people who
think slash and dot are just two punctuation terms. Mozilla ran a
successful <a
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America or middle
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<div style="text-align: left;">Our marketing team is working on
some television spots and
they have put together a rough concept, which I
would like Michael's
Minute readers to view. In addition, I'm
asking
readers to get one other person to view the concept presentation and
answer a
brief survey. Ideally this person would not have familiarity with
Linux.
Viewers
will be presented with a <a
href="http://surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=31243985499">short online survey</a>
at the conclusion of this Minute.
The input will help us craft the best advertisement possible
and also measure potential effectiveness of TV promotions. Certain
background data, such as computer experience and age
classification, is also part of the survey so we can measure different
responses from different
groups.<br>
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The
concept ad has been built using Flash for online viewing so you can
watch
it from the web browser of any flash-enabled computer. Naturally, we'd
film and
enhance
any production that would be used on TV and the final product would be
shorter and much more
polished than this Flash concept presentation. We are also
testing the
audio track, so please make sure your
computer has speakers and the volume is turned
up. You will notice that it is longer than a traditional commercial
because we're testing out several different messaging concepts in one
piece. <br>
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Thanks for your help!<br>
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-- Michael<br>
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