__/ [ John A. Bailo ] on Friday 08 June 2007 23:11 \__
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> http://www.joinrudy2008.com//news/missed/260/index.php
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> Rudy uses PHP.
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> Seems to have switched to Linux lately:
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> Rackspace.com, Ltd. 9725 Datapoint Drive Suite 100 San Antonio TX US
> 78229 72.32.160.107 Linux Apache/2.0.52 Red Hat 27-Mar-2007
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> Prior to that:
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> Interland 66.132.128.238 Windows Server 2003 Microsoft-IIS/6.0 9-Mar-2007
So did Microsoft-Watch. Everyone is moving to Linux, except for the parked
domains (because Microsoft bribes the Web host to change over
thousands/millions of semi-existent placeholders in one fell swoop) [1].
Smoke and mirror. The art of illusion still fails to lure customers in. I've
heard more stories. It's not just servers, by the way, as it's a fight of
whack-a-mole against inertia (OLPC, government departments that reject
Vista, etc).
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[1] 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?
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| 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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