This is from our web email for those interested.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Tux Delux LLC
c/o Michael McSteen
175 Second Street
Athens, Ohio 45701
support@tuxdelux.com
Announcing a New Online Store for Tux T-shirts
Still waiting to get that fabulous Tux t-shirt? Wait no more. Now
you can get a Tux T-shirt and help out the Linux community!
Introducing TuxDelux (http://tuxdelux.com), a new online store
solely devoted to marketing and promoting Tux the Penguin.
The brainchild of two Linux enthusiasts, Bryan Dumm and Michael
McSteen, TuxDelux is an effort to increase public awareness of
Linux by shamelessly marketing and promoting Tux the Penguin, the
adopted mascot of the Linux community.
"We don't see Tux as much as we should. We don't see it on the
street, in the stores or in any media." said Dumm. "We want to
change that."
The two originally thought of the idea for Tux Delux while
attending a recent conference. They saw a lot of logos and icons
promoting individual software programs and corporations, but
nothing promoting the Linux. "Mike and I always talk about the
need for 'Place' (one of the four P's of marketing) for Linux.
The same holds true for 'Promotion'," Dumm explained.
Both Dumm and McSteen think one of the best ways to introduce the
public to Linux is by introducing them to Tux the Penguin. They
hope that the more the Linux community promotes Tux, the more the
general public will be curious about Linux. "We want people to
ask, 'hey, what's up with the penguin?' We want to peak people's
curiosity about Tux and Linux," McSteen stated.
"We think Tux is a fantastic image and that the Linux community
needs to rally around him to market and promote Linux," Dumm added.
Tuxdelux.com currently offers eight different Tux designs,
including the original. The company plans to introduce several
new designs over the next couple of months.
Visit tuxdelux.com to find out more. If you have any questions,
please contact Michael McSteen at: support@tuxdelux.com
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