__/ [ Nick Ballard ] on Tuesday 09 January 2007 20:10 \__
> Philip wrote:
>> "Want to become a member of Club Penguin? Learn what membership is all
>> about and find out why so many have already become members."
>>
>> I wonder if they use Linux :)
>>
>> http://www.clubpenguin.com/
>
>
> Results from http://uptime.netcraft.com
>
>> http://clubpenguin.com was running Apache on Linux when last queried at
>> 9-Jan-2007 20:06:13 GMT
>>
>> OS Server Last changed IP address Netblock Owner
>> Linux Apache 9-Jan-2007 209.213.108.135 Interland, Inc.
>> Linux Apache 27-Sep-2006 209.213.108.135 Interland, Inc.
>> Linux Apache/2.0.52 (Red Hat) 4-Jul-2006 66.132.217.180 Interland
>
>
> ...no big surprise really.
Apache runs on and drives roughly 73% of the active Web sites on the Web. It
probably drives the biggest ones, too. Solaris and Linux seem common and
*BSD is there as well. Have a look:
December 2006 Security Space Survey Results
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| Security Space estimates that nearly 90 percent of all Web sites
| are "orphans" to which no other sites link. Its Web server survey
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| therefore counts only those servers referenced on other sites.
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http://www.serverwatch.com/stats/article.php/3652421
73.4% market share for Apache (91.74% in Germany).
But Microsoft is a master of deceit. It knows how to tweak, through payments,
various figures. This enables it to fight Free software and confuse app/Web
developers. In the case of OEMs, they punish anyone who dares to preinstall
Linux (let the users wipe and install Linux in secrecy), so developers
underestimate the presence of Linux. It's 'demotivational' (demoralising?).
They reduce the visibility of Linux in every possible way. They recently
applied the same principles to affect choice of Web platforms. See the
recent GoDaddy 'bribery' story:
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.
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http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=15108
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