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The Linux Foundation's year in review video
For those with 2.5 minutes to spare: the Linux Foundation has posted a video looking back
at the most important Linux-related events (from its point of view) that
happened in 2012.
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Missing Samba Posted Dec 13, 2012 18:33 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] They should have included Samba 4.0, which is a significant release -- after all Tridge still works for them, right?
Missing Samba Posted Dec 13, 2012 21:50 UTC (Thu) by aliguori (subscriber, #30636) [Link]
No, tridge works for IBM.
Why Mac? Posted Dec 13, 2012 20:36 UTC (Thu) by jamielinux (subscriber, #82303) [Link]
Why would the Linux Foundation make a video celebrating successes for Linux, but appearing to be recorded on Mac OS? It could be a Firefox theme, but that's not really the point.
The video is still a nice reminder of things we can be happy about. It just seems like an odd decision. Sort of like if Apple released a video celebrating successes for Apple, but appearing to be recorded on Windows.
Why Mac? Posted Dec 13, 2012 21:30 UTC (Thu) by djc (subscriber, #56880) [Link]
Yeah, I thought that was a bit weird, too.
Why Mac? Posted Dec 13, 2012 21:45 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
It is likely they are just outsourcing it to some media house which produces the video under the OS of their choice which typically is a Mac.
Why Mac? Posted Dec 13, 2012 22:03 UTC (Thu) by jamielinux (subscriber, #82303) [Link]
Sounds like a reasonable explanation. And outsourcing got them a very slick looking video. But apparently "the Linux Foundation promotes, protects and advances Linux", so it still seems like a bit of a marketing fail.
Why Mac? Posted Dec 14, 2012 2:25 UTC (Fri) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link]
The video is promoting Linux (the kernel), not software freedom, so I don't think this is a marketing fail. I don't think it is even aimed at the software freedom crowd.
Why Mac? Posted Dec 14, 2012 7:54 UTC (Fri) by jamielinux (subscriber, #82303) [Link]
I'm not sure I mentioned software freedom ;)
Well, perhaps not so much a marketing fail as a missed opportunity. My point was that when making promotion material, it's an opportunity to use the software (Linux kernel) you are promoting, or the environment built up around this software (Linux distributions).
If I were to create a video promoting popcorn.js, I'd take the opportunity to make visible use of popcorn.js, or at least HTML5 instead of a Flash video. If I were to create a blog promoting WordPress, it would make sense to use WordPress for the website, not Typo or Drupal.
But considering Linux and Mac are usually classed as competitors, I'd still call it a marketing fail.
Why Mac? Posted Dec 14, 2012 1:44 UTC (Fri) by Kit (guest, #55925) [Link]
It seems like this is a regular occurrence for the Linux Foundation (unless I'm mixing them up with someone else). Previous stuff they've released was done with Mac programs as well (such as PDFs that were created by Adobe's tools, instead of free software).
Why Mac? Posted Dec 14, 2012 8:59 UTC (Fri) by kragil (subscriber, #34373) [Link]
LF is run by people who love Apple stuff. Linus, Greg, Jim and Dirk don't keep that a secret.
I still think it is a bit sad.
Why Mac? Posted Dec 14, 2012 13:39 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] Apple hardware is nice. Apple software is bigbrotherish. Apple firmware is disgusting.
Why Mac? Posted Dec 14, 2012 17:59 UTC (Fri) by dashesy (subscriber, #74652) [Link]
Well it is overpriced but certainly is not of bad quality. The biggest problem is Apple itself, not its software (nor hardware).
Why Mac? Posted Dec 14, 2012 14:47 UTC (Fri) by clump (subscriber, #27801) [Link]
It certainly is sad. Much of the conversation here is about the delivery of the message and not the message itself. It does matter as it's an issue of credibility.
The video promotes Android, from a Mac. How ironic. Apple's behaviour against Android vendors is at best anti-competitive, at worst poisonous.
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