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Ubuntu Billboard

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This entry was written by Jeff Waugh, posted on August 4, 2006 at 05:23, filed under Uncategorized and tagged Ubuntu. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

12 Comments

  1. pirast
    Posted August 4, 2006 at 06:31 | Permalink |

    heh !

    where is that? i never saw such a ad!

  2. stuhood
    Posted August 4, 2006 at 06:41 | Permalink |

    Do we have any idea who paid to have it put up?

  3. det
    Posted August 4, 2006 at 08:47 | Permalink |

    Who do you think?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth

  4. Bill Childers
    Posted August 4, 2006 at 08:48 | Permalink |

    That ad is on highway 101 northbound, just after the Ralston exit, in Redwood City, CA.

    I took the picture from my cellphone cam going 70 mph. :) No idea who paid to put it up, but my guess is Canonical is probably involved.

  5. Nooks
    Posted August 4, 2006 at 09:51 | Permalink |

    If it’s the sign I drove past today, it’s just outside Palo Alto/Mountain View, on US101, heading north toward SFO.

  6. Leon Brooks
    Posted August 4, 2006 at 15:59 | Permalink |

    The “(Servers and)” scribble looks very afterthought or graffiti. Perhaps this was done by actual people? (-:

  7. jdub
    Posted August 4, 2006 at 16:30 | Permalink |

    Surely the whitespace and layout suggests purpose… :-)

  8. ravi
    Posted August 5, 2006 at 17:52 | Permalink |

    jdub, that space ain’t white. :o )

  9. aqua
    Posted August 10, 2006 at 02:57 | Permalink |

    I passed that on my way home from work a week or so ago — got a kick out of it. :) That stretch of 101 seems to attract a broader variety of billboards than the usual “you are inadequate, buy this product” sort.

  10. Jepessen
    Posted August 10, 2006 at 06:15 | Permalink |

    Great! I think that this’s is a good way to increment our community ;)

  11. Nick Moffitt
    Posted August 10, 2006 at 20:01 | Permalink |

    Ubuntu is clearly engaging in ecologically sound brownspace infill server development to beautify the urban core.

  12. Bongo
    Posted August 26, 2006 at 00:08 | Permalink |

    IMO I don’t think it was a good idea to like-additionaly place “servers” before “humans”. It makes it look like the “unknown” person thought Ubuntu is not suitable primarily for people. Placing “servers” after “people” would be a better marketing act making it look like Ubuntu is so good that while-being user-friendly it is ALSO capable of server operation. Server admins don’t look for OS on billboards while normal users can IMO.