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Submission + - Linux and the Indy 500

Submitted by

tbone1

on Wednesday May 09, 2007 @09:11AM

tbone1 writes: "Teams from the Indy Racing League are in Indianapolis to prepare for The Indianapolis 500 on the 27th of May. There is a story in the Indianapolis Star about a local Linux programmer who is trying to get the Linux logo on a car. Usually it's the big companies who have year-long deals with the top IRL teams — Marlboro, Target, Motorola, etc — but for a small team racing at the 500 only, a small logo can be purchased for $11,000, or you can be a primary sponsor for about $350,000, and possibly get "Team Linux" in the car's name."

Submission + - Open-source wants open-wheel exposure

Submitted by

kurtis25

on Wednesday May 09, 2007 @08:28AM

kurtis25 writes: "An Article in the Indianapolis Star shares the hopes of a computer programmer who is trying to raise enough money online to become an IRL sponsor, putting a big Linux penguin logo on a car in this years Indianapolis 500. According to the Tux 500 website the group is hoping to raise $350,000 by May 21 to be the primary sponsor of the car; they have already raised $11,000, enough to be a minor sponsor for a car which will sport a small penguin logo."

Submission + - Tux Racer to enter Indy 500

Submitted by

flakeman2

on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @03:19PM

flakeman2 writes: "about a group of people trying to make the world take notice of Linux by sponsoring a race car in the Indy 500. "And just what is it that we will get in return for our support of Tux500? The ability to tell the world that we were a part of putting a car in the Indy 500. We were a part of making the world take notice of Linux. I don't know about you but that is something I want to be a part of.""

Submission + - Linux Indie 500 car marketing: abuse or good idea?

Submitted by cheros on Sunday May 06, 2007 @04:06PM

cheros writes: At Tux 500 someone is trying to get enough money together to sponsor a Linux logo'd car in the Indie 500. It seems to be aiming for a lot of money (min $25k) for creating Linux awareness, and has so far apparently collected $11k .. $12k.

However, is this really a good use of community money or is this blatant opportunism to sponsor a hobby? A discussion at YouTube seems to throw a handful of nuts in the gearbox of this prospective event.

I don't think it's a scam, but the whole idea doesn't seem so bright after reading the YouTube comments.

What is your opinion? Good idea, nice try or contribution scam?

Journal Journal: LedgerSMB 1.2 released, SQL-Ledger changes licenses

Journal by einhverfr on Sunday April 08, 2007 @02:13PM

SQL-Ledger changed its license away from the GPL to a license that many of us feel meets neither the FSF's definition of Free Software nor the OSI's definition of Open Source. Perhaps the reason is that DWS is afraid of the competition.

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