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What the Candidates are Running

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-base-your-vote-on-just-this dept.

An anonymous reader writes " Linux Journal has an article about what the presidential candidates are running their web sites on. It also has some reference to the Republican vs. Democrat uptimes. "

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  1. So What??? by Sergeant+Beavis · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not one of these candidates knows WTF Apache is, let alone IIS.

    Sys Admins and Webmasters make those decisions and I'm betting the ones running the Democrat candidate websites have to worry about where they spend money. Thus they us OSS software.

    Of course they are also running the better webserver :) but that is beside the point.

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  2. Re:Netcraft confirms it! by markfive · · Score: 3, Informative
    Merriam-Webster Dictionary lists both pronunciations of nuclear as correct. Where are you getting your information from? Or are you just assuming you are correct? Typical slasdot reader...

    Main Entry: nuclear Pronunciation: 'nu-klE-&r, 'nyu-, /-ky&-l&r Function: adjective Date: 1846 1 : of, relating to, or constituting a nucleus 2 a : of or relating to the atomic nucleus b : used in or produced by a nuclear reaction (as fission) c (1) : being a weapon whose destructive power derives from an uncontrolled nuclear reaction (2) : of, produced by, or involving nuclear weapons (3) : armed with nuclear weapons d : of, relating to, or powered by nuclear energy usage Though disapproved of by many, pronunciations ending in \-ky&-l&r\ have been found in widespread use among educated speakers including scientists, lawyers, professors, congressmen, U.S. cabinet members, and at least one U.S. president and one vice president. While most common in the U.S., these pronunciations have also been heard from British and Canadian speakers.
  3. Re:Netcraft confirms it! by GreyWolf3000 · · Score: 4, Informative

    He actually grew up in Maine. It's a fake Texas accent.

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  4. Edwards, OpenSource, & Macs (From Campaign HQ) by AaronMyers · · Score: 5, Informative
    I'm the Dir. of Internet Operations for John Edwards' presidential campaign. It's worth noting that we run our campaign blog on Apache on FreeBSD -- and the blog is actually powered by Slashcode!

    (If you cruise over to Larry Lessig's blogJohn Edwards is guest blogging on a variety of tech topics this week.)

    We use a handful of open-source tools here at Campaign HQ. Why? Cost and reliability. The same reason you guys choose this stuff.

    Oh... And our entire Web Team runs on Mac OS X. Contrary to one of the comments posted earlier, Senator Edwards made it clear during Tuesday's debate that he prefers his Mac.

    I hope you folks have a chance to learn more about John Edwards.

  5. Re:Netcraft confirms it! by Crockerboy · · Score: 3, Informative

    It must be a southern accent thing.

    Uhh, you do know that dubya is from Conneticut, right?