[Yhslug] 'truth happens" -- nice youtube video from red hat

Kevin Cole dc.loco at gmail.com
Sun May 6 10:25:16 EDT 2007


Red Hat "old hat".  (Not the company, the video.  I almost think Bob
Young was still with Red Hat when I first saw it at a Red Hat
conference.  I know it's at least a couple of years old.)
Nonetheless, it was good when I first saw it. Good to see it's still
kicking around.

On 5/5/07, Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:

>    i ran into this very nice video about linux -- in the context of other
> inventions of the past 150 years.
>
>        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_VFKqw1q2Q
>
>           interestingly, this video has been uploaded about 5 times to youtube.
> the video i originally viewed had been watched 793 times.
>
>            right after seeing that number i suspected the video had been
> uploaded by others.
>
>              do you see how the other uploaders are diluting the force of the
> message?  this video could gather momentum to have a million video views -- but
> only if people were not uploading it multiple times.
>
>              the lesson learned? if you see a great linux video somewhere, first
> check to see if it's uploaded to youtube before uploading it yourself.
>
>               youtube is as much an advocacy platform as an entertainment
> platform. we need to use it wisely towards advocacy ends.

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