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Microsoft/Unisys Unix-bashing Site Runs FreeBSD
Several people sent in variations on this: "Kind of ironic to see that the the site, dubbed WeHaveTheWayOut from Microsoft and Unisys runs on an Apache Web server powered by FreeBSD. This could have made a great April Fools joke, unfortunately for Microsoft, you can verify it by using Netcraft." This is a follow-up to the original story a few days ago. Other readers noted that there's already a WeHaveTheWayIn site up. Wehavethewayout.com was returning Apache headers yesterday; today it's returning "Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0", so it appears they've dumped FreeBSD in a hurry, or maybe just changed the headers.
I still see Apache headers on netcraft.
Where's my mod points today. This is the most insightful comment I've seen in a while. It simply shows that the marketing droids got the techs to move the domainto a new server, one that runs that abomination of a web sieve^h^h^h^herver IIS. Why is this whole thing so hard to grasp? Obviously M$ and Unisys were caught with their pants down, fondling each other. We all know that Apache on an OSS OS is the RIGHT THING, so let's just laugh at the corporate imbeciles and get on with undermining the evil empire.
On a different topic, I just got a Neoware EON4000S terminal client along with about 6 other terminal brands for an eval I'm doing. Does anyone know what Linux distro they run on the Neoware terminals? I haven't been able to get to the command line on my test terminal yet. All of the other terminals are running NTe or CE. Yuck'o'rama.
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News for nerds ? Probably.
Stuff that matters ? Probably not.
The submmission pipeline cannot be that dry...
Oh, I can't help quoting you because everything that you said rings true
Not really been modded like that but these usually pointless AC rhetorical jousts come by pretty frequently. How do you know someone is lame modding you? I would have some faith that within a month they would of been meta modded down to the point where their modding abilities were gone, gotta have faith baby ;)
On another note thank you for whoever is modding me down in this thread it gets boring at the top
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Who would be THAT BORED to write something at stupid as that? Oh. Wait. A slashdot college student who is dealing with his own repressed sexual feelings. Nevermind.
I host mulitple sites on my home computer,
and I was just messing around on netcraft, asking it what I was running (of course Linux/Apache).
They are small sites with little traffic, but I like them, anyway..
My point is that none of them were in Netcraft's survey, I wonder if this is a widespread phenomenon?
If all of us were to go tell netcraft about our locally hosted sites, would linux/apache see an uptick in market share?
I have 7 sites, if a large portion of Slashdot readers have 3 or 4 sites, or even 1 or 2,
we could increase the apache numbers by 400,000-500,000 sites, this would be a nice market share jump for apache...
Funny cause I knew this mechanic who worked at a Ford dealership, but drove a Honda. He was smart. Drive one of the most reliable and work on one of the most unreliable.
Sure. But I know lots more mechanics who drive old RWD Ford, Chevrolet and Chrysler products, but swear off the Japanese stuff.
The rationale is that they prefer a car which will actually last to 300,000 miles with good maintenance and the occasional stupid stuff like an alternator ($50), rather than a car which will be perfectly reliable for 160,000km then blow $400 CV joints and $200 Nippondenso alternators like kernels of popcorn.
Why do you think it is that cop cars and taxi cabs tend towards being full-size rear-wheel-drive American cars? How long would a Camry last as a cop car? How expensive is it when you bump a curb during a high speed pursuit and damage the lower control arm?
Ford LTD/Crown Victoria: 1978-2001 use the same control arm. $25 at any good wrecking yard. Toyota Camry - changes every year, probably only available at a dealership. I know for a fact that it's over $400 for a 1997 Nissan Maxima. Yeah, $400 for a single piece of stamped steel, without even having a balljoint or bushings pressed in. Ouch.
Wheel bearings for my 1999 Dakota: tapered roller bearings, off the shelf at any auto parts place, including inner and outer bearings and grease seals, about $14 for each front wheel. My Dak needed wheel bearings because I knocked off the dust cap out in the bush and got sand into them. Wheel bearings for a friend's 1997 Civic? Front $62 each, rear $47 each. Sealed units, you can't clean or grease them any more than you can refill a Bic lighter. Worn out (cupping tires) after 75,000 miles.
Never mind that my hands are too big to fit into a Civic's engine bay and dig out the alternator because it's so inconveniently located. I had to angle a shop light and two inspection mirrors so I could see what I was doing when I was connecting the harness. I find Fieros easier to work on, and they're a nightmare.
Never mind the fact that a Honda's 24-26 gauge steel rusts through a lot faster than a car which is actually built for this climate and has 20-22 gauge steel. Surface rust caused by bad paint is a lot easier to fix than rustholes caused by paper-thin sheetmetal. At minimum, surface rust requires a can of Tremclad, and perforations require a plasma cutter, a welder, and a can of Tremclad.
Also, F=mv^2. Remember that next time you cut off a Caprice Classic with your Civic.
Thanks. I'll stick with my American battle-wagons.
Not that this has any relation whatsoever to M$ versus real operating systems... wait. *NIX is robust and old-school, a proven concept and design, like a full-size RWD car. Windows is like the silly little tinfoil Honda buzzing around until you remind him of his place in the world by plowing his taillights into the back seat with your chromed steel front bumper. Ahhh, a metaphor I like.
Fire and Meat. Yummy.
It's unfortunate that Slashdot mods and most Slashdot people with points to spend are completely unable to laugh at themselves and mod this up a ways.
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