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Move over Hodgman and that hipster kid who briefly dated Drew Barrymore, because there's a new advertising campaign in town that hopes to take Linux into the mainstream. With commercials.

I suppose I should expect this now: In a surprise move, Microsoft has announced it will offer a free anti-virus and security solution from the second half of next year. ... Amy Barzdukas, senior director of product management in the online services division at Microsoft, said: "This new, no-cost offering will give us the ability to protect an even greater number of consumers, especially in markets where the growth of new PC purchases is outpaced only by the growth of malware." Ah, bless 'em.

Like many, I was intrigued and ultimately disappointed by the first of the new Microsoft ads. But I assumed that it was in the nature of a teaser – or maybe even a clever ploy to lower expectations for later episodes, thus increasing their eventual impact....On Open Enterprise blog.

On Open Enterprise blog.

Got this via Raiden's Realm. It's apparently a homemade Linux ad but it's really very well made. Enjoy