Red Hat Unveils New Ad Campaign 
   
   Linux distributor Red Hat has announced plans for a $650,000 ad campaign.
   The ads will appear on several major newspapers as well as on a few
   selected websites.  "These ads will be targetted towards Windows users
   who are fed up but aren't aware of any OS alternatives," a Red Hat
   spokesman said.  "We feel that there is a large audience for this."
   
   One of the ads will be a half page spread showing two computers side-by-side:
   a Wintel and a Linux box.  The title asks "Is your operating system ready  
   for the year 2000?"  Both computers have a calendar/clock display showing.
   The Windows box shows "12:00:01AM -- January 1, 1900" while the
   Linux box shows "12:00:01AM -- January 1, 2000".  The tagline at the
   bottom says "Linux -- a century ahead of the competition."
   
   You can see some of Red Hat's other proposed advertisements at their
   website.