{"id":1719,"date":"2006-11-03T04:57:49","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T11:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/03\/surprising-alliance\/"},"modified":"2006-11-03T04:57:49","modified_gmt":"2006-11-03T11:57:49","slug":"surprising-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/03\/surprising-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"surprising alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/presspass\/press\/2006\/nov06\/11-02MSNovellPR.mspx\">Two kings got together<\/a>. No, not those. This times it is Novell and Microsoft. To do Linux.<\/p>\n<p>Without having the time or intention to go into detail of the press release the headlines and sound bites read pretty hilarously. Let&#8217;s just pause for a second and look back: Microsoft did try everything they could to stop or surpress Linux. For years. They fucking failed. Language? Yes, it is justitified. Since this is a big deal. Not the announcement of Novell and Microsoft doing whatever they feel like doing. The big deal is that Microsoft was unable to win against Linux. They still dominate the desktop, and probably will for years to come. But they lost billions in server revenue. Not to somebody. They simply could not make the money. Nobody did, since Linux is essentially free. If the last sentense should prompt thoughts like &#8220;that&#8217;s communism&#8221; or &#8220;but there is total cost of ownership&#8221; in your mind, then let me tell you, since today I can, and it is oh so sweet: You merely parrot Microsoft prograganda of a past aera here. Not even the people that paid millions so that you would think these things claim that anymore. Yes, there is also corporate flip floping. No, Ballmer did not stay the course. He never did say that either.<\/p>\n<p>Today it&#8217;s allot of fun to quote Sun Tzu:<\/p>\n<p><code><br \/>\nAccording to my assessment, even if you have many more troops than others, how can that help you to victory?<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.twexus.com\/aimg\/026927194\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two kings got together. No, not those. This times it is Novell and Microsoft. To do Linux. Without having the time or intention to go into detail of the press release the headlines and sound bites read pretty hilarously. 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