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On Thu, 11 May 2006 21:47:17 -0500,
Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 May 2006 19:19:08 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> Open Source Fights Back
>>>
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>>>| Question: The OpenSourceParking.com announcement cites a Netcraft
>>>| report, which found that GoDaddy.com's migration from Linux to Windows
>>>| caused Apache to lose server share. Was this event the sole impetus
>>>| for OpenSourceParking.com?
>>>|
>>>| Perens: Not the first. It's part of a continuing behavior pattern by
>>>| Microsoft that I think it's fair to call "dirty fighting." GoDaddy was
>>>| using Apache (I assume on Linux) because it was a great technical
>>>| solution. They didn't switch to IIS on Windows Server 2003 for any
>>>| technical reason. The switch was accompanied by a press release by
>>>| GoDaddy, containing Microsoft promotional language. Now, I've changed
>>>| many servers from one thing to another, but I've never made a press
>>>| release about it. GoDaddy wouldn't be doing that unless Microsoft had
>>>| offered them something valuable in return. There has been talk in the
>>>| domain business that Microsoft has been offering the large domain
>>>| registries a wad of cash to switch their parked sites. There is no
>>>| other reason to do this than to influence the Netcraft figures.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=15108
>>
>> Damn!!! I love this stuff. You can't trust MS to do anything legal!!!!
>
> What makes you think that, even if the above were true, that it would be
> illegal?
Seems like it would be pretty spot on for extortion. "Buy our stuff or
we'll threaten you, even if we have no legal ability to do so."
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