> I'm not sure that we were ever told where the ad came from, were we?
> Without knowing who the intended audience is, it's hard to say if it was a
> good ad.  (Also, I don't see why we should concern ourselves, on a NetBSD
> list, with whether Apple has an effective advertising arm.)
>
> As for the ``insolence'' of their ad, bear in mind that they are a
> commercial company.  That, coupled with the fact that the ad was
> presumably drawn up by ``marketing'' (possbly with little or no input from
> the engineers), what exactly did you expect?  An ad's purpose is to make

in fact i don't expect much better behavior.

but expecting and tolerating is different thing.

And they won't do anything more than average consumer will tolerate.
including you.