Another IBM Red Hat Linux Advertisement
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http://www.FunnyWebCommercials.com Two bitter enemies, caught in the same desperate situation. Years of hostility end in a handshake. [Apr 2 2004]: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer & Sun CEO Scott McNealy announce broad cooperation agreement. Microsoft pays Sun $1.95 billion. Why? The customer took charge. Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind... and when the same thought occurs in another man, it is the key to that era /Ralph Waldo Emerson/. [Aug 25 1991]: Linus Benedict Torvalds releases Linux. [Oct 31 1994]: Halloween Release of Red Hat Linux. [Jul 30 1998]: Oracle announces its first Linux port. [Feb 3 1998]: Term "open source" is coined. [Nov 19 1998]: Microsoft refutes monopoly charges by holding up a box of Red Hat Linux. [Feb 17 1999]: Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, IBM, announce Linux-based systems. [Apr 6 1999]: Dell is first to factory-install Red Hat Linux. [Dev 12 2000]: IBM announces plans to spend nearly $1 billion on Linux in the next year. [Jan 8 2001]: Ballmer calls Linux the biggest
