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Is Bill Gatesâ New Website Really Running On Linux?
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| How do I know this? Because the same thing
| happened in 2003 when it was humorously,
| but erroneously reported that Microsoft was
| using Linux servers to run microsoft.com.
| In fact, the same thing was going on:
| Microsoft was routing its traffic through
| Akamai, which again, runs Linux boxes.
| Microsoft has since apparently changed to
| its own servers since then so that they now
| correctly return Windows Server 2003 as
| their OS. That is likely what The Gates
| Report is running on as well given the
| Microsoft-IIS/7.0 web servers.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/30/bill-gates-website-linux/?
Bill Gates' web site runs on Linux? Nope, Akamai...
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| This article makes fun of the fact that
| some people have queried Bill Gates'
| personal website and noticed that it looked
| like it was running on a Linux server.
| Others noted that it was a Windows server.
| The truth lies with Akamai, a very popular
| web-acceleration service.
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http://www.glgroup.com/News/Bill-Gates-web-site-runs-on-Linux---Nope-Akamai...-46266.html
Recent:
Internet radio exec: donât mention Linux!
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| Speaking at the launch of the touchscreen Pure Sensia
| digital radio, director of marketing Colin Crawford was
| pressed for specifics of the new deviceâs software. But
| after his CEO reminded him that the new radio was based on
| a Linux OS, Crawford remarked: âI donât like the using the
| word âLinuxâ on a radio.â
|
| Why did the Scot in the sharp suit go queasy at the very
| mention of Linux? His reluctance may be borne out of
| perceived consumer antipathy towards versions of the open-
| source operating system. PC retailers have largely
| retreated from Linux-based netbooks following reports of
| consumer confusion and a marketing onslaught from
| Microsoft, which has persuaded manufacturers such as
| netbook pioneer Asus to drop Linux in favour of Windows XP.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/09/18/internet-radio-exec-dont-mention-linux/
Related:
Microsoft's risky, misleading ad campaign
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| Campbell's so slick, I wouldn't be surprised to see him out hitting the
| campaign trail for Microsoft's OOXML efforts.
|
| Regardless, there are still uneducated people that think of open source and
| Linux as one open-source project as "science projects" and "risky."
| Apparently they think it's less risky to give away control of their IT to a
| vendor based on a few flashy demos from a sales engineer. They will learn in
| time.
|
| For now, repeat after me: The real risk is in proprietary software. Period.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9791652-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
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