[Am-info] Tux takes on supercomputing(OT)

[Erick Andrews]

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 17:07:43 -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:

>Listen, the Houdinis on Madison Avenue do it all the time. They take 
>sleepy companies performing badly on Wall Street and just change the 
>tune, the logo, and the company name. Presto, breakfast cereals making 
>preschoolers sulk are redirected to single females snacking for 
>success. Can the same thing happen to, hold on to your seats, SuSE? 
>SUSE is the new name. What's more, there's a new motto, new ad 
>campaign, and even a new branding mission. We explore what this all 
>means.

OK, Friday night and light hearted:

If I were on Madison Avenue I'd have called it "SUSIE" and made
the logo a svelte penguin in a bikini.  Then put some lo-cal munchies in
the package along with the CDROMs.  That could be a bigger winner.

Erick 

(Nope, couldn't bring myself to read the full article)