[olug] [FWD: FC: Microsoft's anti-Unix website runs, well, Unix]

[kaygee]

But to be fair www.linux64.com is run on Win2k and IIS 5.  Which is dumb,
but apparently reality.  check it:

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.linux64.com

Keith
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There's ease of use and then there's ease of usefulness.
Choose usefulness. Choose Linux.

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, David Walker wrote:

> They're generally having a bad day.  They apparently moved the site to
> Windows and it has been down for the last couple of hours.
>
> On Tuesday 02 April 2002 05:18 pm, you wrote:
> > http://www.wehavethewayout.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Timothy G. O'Brien" <IrishMASMS at netscape.net>
> > To: <olug at olug.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 4:12 PM
> > Subject: [olug] [FWD: FC: Microsoft's anti-Unix website runs, well, Unix]
> >
> > > LMAO!!
> > >
> > > Subject:  FC: Microsoft's anti-Unix website runs, well, Unix
> > >      Date:         Tue, 02 Apr 2002 08:07:38 -0500
> > >     From:      Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
> > >        To:          politech at politechbot.com
> > >
> > >     ---
> > >
> > >    From: "Andrew Downey" <spam at andrewdowney.com>
> > >    To: <declan at well.com>
> > >    Subject: UNIX BAD, Microsoft GOOD - maybe.
> > >    Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 23:23:47 -0500
> > >
> > >    Declan,
> > >
> > >    I doubt this story is part of an April fools joke - it's just too
> > >    plausible.  It's from today's Wall Street Journal (page b-2 in the
> > > dead tree version).  I'd forward the URL, but as you know, WSJ.com is a
> > > subscription service that's protected by high-tech anti-circumvention
> > > technology (in this case, a cookie) and I'm trying to cut back on my DMCA
> > > violations.
> > >
> > >    -Andrew
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >    Microsoft-Led Campaign Against Unix
> > >    Uses Web Site Running on the Software
> > >
> > >    By LEE GOMES
> > >    Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
> > >
> > >
> > >    A Web site funded by Microsoft Corp. urging businesses to avoid the
> >
> > Unix
> >
> > >    operating system is itself running on Unix, the latest example of
> > >    Microsoft benefiting from the competitive software even while
> > >    criticizing it.
> > >
> > >    The site is connected with a new advertising campaign called "We Have
> > >    The Way Out" that is co-sponsored by Unisys Corp. and Microsoft. The
> > >    purpose of the campaign is to persuade corporate computing customers
> > > to use computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system instead of
> > > Unix, a rival operating system. Ads associated with the campaign say Unix
> > > "makes you feel boxed in. It ties you to an inflexible system. It
> > > requires you to pay for expensive experts."
> > >
> > >    But the Web site that is part of the campaign doesn't use Windows for
> > >    its operations. Instead, it uses a free "open source" version of Unix
> > >    called FreeBSD, along with another piece of free software called the
> > >    "Apache" Web server. Both products compete with Microsoft offerings,
> >
> > and
> >
> > >    both are extremely popular on Internet sites.
> > >
> > >    ...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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