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Is the Tux500 racecar advertizing project a scam?

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I don't even post a link to it, because you'd almost have to be dead not to have seen it somewhere already. If you haven't seen it yet, a simple Google of "tux500" will do. This is the project where two bloggers have started a massive campaign to raise $350,000 to put a Tux sticker on the side of a car that will be racing in the Indy 500.

It smells fishy. I have no proof. Just a gut feeling trained by street smarts. If my gut were to be wrong this time, it'd be a first.

Warning signs:

* Very short time span to raise the money. A year-long campaign might show some credibility, as in somebody actually thought it out.

* Questionable application.

Full Story.

Helios asks for corporate support for tux500

You see, The Tux500 is an effort to have the Linux Community At-Large sponsor a race car in the 2007 Indianapolis 500. Yes, it is a bold and far-reaching goal, but it is so much more than that. It is the first shot fired in our campaign to advertise Linux; to advertise Linux as a community.

Not as a corporation nor as any single distribution or FOSS project, but as a cohesive group dedicated to the proliferation of Linux on the computer desktop. You may ask why we are asking for your support if this is a community effort.

The answer to that should be as rhetorical as the question. Because you are Linux. You just arrive in a box and at the end of a phone signal when your users cannot figure out what to do. We are coming to you because the operating system we have written needs to be known to every computer user. Sun Microsystems, IBM, HP...all have benefited from the use of FOSS projects. Now we believe is the time to make our move in the market.

More Here.

Harsh thing to Say

I think that's a nasty little accusation, even if it's phrased in the form of a question. The comments in the item make legitimate claims.

Yeah...it's a scam. It's on

Yeah...it's a scam. It's on the front page of 3 major motorsport websites and it's a SCAM. You got him Pete! You got him! They're scamming everyone! Sharp eye...er gut!

Pete's just pissed off he didn't think of it first.

NOT ONLY THAT...but the editors of both Lxer and Linux Today are on board for this...and deity knows they've got more clout than Mr. Pete here in the community.

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Good catch

If it's true, then it will be quite damaging (not as much as the Reiser case though). Sad

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