[Foundation-l] CISCO TV Commericals using Wikipedia Logo

[Jeffrey V. Merkey]

daniwo59 at aol.com wrote:

> 
>To be a little more exact, the ad agency contacted us about using the  logo 
>for the ad. We all discussed it in the office, and agreed that there should  be 
>some compensation. I asked, and they agreed. Nothing too spectacular. 
> 
>Danny
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>
This has been a test of the emergency wikipedia logo electronic 
transmission usage and detection subsystem, powered by MediaWiki 1.8.2 and
Merkey's eyeballs. This has only been a test.

:-)

Jeff

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>In a message dated 11/25/2006 9:48:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
>messedrocker at gmail.com writes:
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>Yup,  Danny Wool negotiated with Cisco to use Wikipedia in the commercial.
>
>If  I remember Danny correctly, he said he got the Foundation a nice sum  of
>moolah for it.
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>On 11/25/06, Jeffrey V. Merkey  <jmerkey at wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
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>
>>I jsut  saw a television commercial on the SciFi where CISCO shows a 3
>>second  spot with a laptop computer using Wikipedia.
>>The commercial aired at  7:33 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.   There were
>>no screen  shots of Windows or any other computer
>>software on the commercial  apart from Wikipedia's logo.  The laptop
>>appeared to be a MAC but  I am not certain.
>>
>>Jeff
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