If Linux is Mario, and Windows is Sonic, this is the Olympic Games series
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@raceprouk Tux and Touko Madobe at the Olympic Games?
So it'd be the open source mascots vs the OS-tans. Not the weirdest crossover I've seen.
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@atazhaia said in If Linux is Mario, and Windows is Sonic, this is the Olympic Games series:
Touko Madobe
I stupidly googled that to save you other filthy non-anime fans the effort:
Wat.
They sell Windows 10 in Japan using cheerleaders? Anime cheerleaders? (I might be able to get behind human cheerleaders.)
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@blakeyrat They've been doing that in Japan for a looooong time now. They even sell special editions in limited numbers with extra wallpaper.
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@raceprouk They've been working closely with Docker, trying to get good at containers. Sounds like it's working out, and they can do it themselves now!
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@magus Why cheerleaders. Why anime cheerleaders. Why not just a girl in a bikini lying on top of a giant Windows 10 box like car companies do. But with cars. Also a calendar.
If you're going tacky, you might as well go full-tacky.
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@blakeyrat I think they're more mascots than cheerleaders. The one for 8 or 10 had some kind of backstory of someone working at the Microsoft Store, but others are weird things like witches and stuff. They just seem to do whatever. People like weird promotional characters a lot in Japan, while I find the general concept amusing.
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@magus said in If Linux is Mario, and Windows is Sonic, this is the Olympic Games series:
I think they're more mascots than cheerleaders.
Mascots wear animal costumes. Or sometimes a piece of sports equipment. Or, rarely, this:
She's obviously a cheerleader.
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@raceprouk This might be the year I get Windows server on my Xeon.
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@blakeyrat said in If Linux is Mario, and Windows is Sonic, this is the Olympic Games series:
@magus Why cheerleaders. Why anime cheerleaders. Why not just a girl in a bikini lying on top of a giant Windows 10 box like car companies do. But with cars. Also a calendar.
If you're going tacky, you might as well go full-tacky.
They tend to view schoolgirl uniforms as hotter than bikinis in Japan. It's a fetish thing.
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@pie_flavor said in If Linux is Mario, and Windows is Sonic, this is the Olympic Games series:
Japan. It's a fetish thing.
That's Japan's official tourism slogan!
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@blakeyrat Only if your entire context is sports. Snacks and cereal use mascots a lot, and they're typically just anything, with the goal being to give your product a face that appeals to some people, to drive more of them to buy your product. For Windows in Japan, that's pretty much anime girls. This is typically sold as Windows <version> Akihabara Edition, sold in Akihabara, the most otaku place on the planet. Super niche, but an interesting cultural phenomenon.