utln Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 (This was too weird to post on the front page, but too weird to ignore)Microsoft can roll out countless studies that point out how proprietary software is cheaper and more practical than open source code. But how can Microsoft counter open source software's ability to make a Japanese woman give birth to a horse in a convenience store?That's the question being raised by Japanese software pioneer SourceNext. The company has launched an astonishing advertising campaign featuring a horse, famous actress Norika Fujiwara and a couple of Slurpee slingers to promote StarSuite - Sun Microsystems' Japanese Office knock off based on the open source OpenOffice. In one television ad, Fujiwara is so overcome by the $18 StarSuite price tag that she pops out a foal near the magazine rack of a corner store.Full Story (with videos): http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/06/sourcenext_horse/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Omg, thats just plain ultra weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadGutts Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 tooo weird ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokugawapants Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Hahaha for people who don't speak Japanese I can understand the utter confusion. I guess knowing Japanese makes it a tad less funny, but still extremely funny anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 WTF!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 A real weirdo, that ad is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sven Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 ok then..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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