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RIAA Web Site Moved To Linux

Posted by kdawson on from the circle-the-wagons dept.

xseedit writes "The RIAA has moved their main Web site www.riaa.com from IIS on Win2003 to Apache 2.2.3 on Red Hat. It appears that the move did not go smoothly as it resulted in an 8-hour downtime starting yesterday around noon, according to Netcraft. And the RIAA is still showing a 'temporarily under construction' page. They also moved their DNS from the small company that had been hosting them for the past 4 years, Tomorrow's Solutions Today (TST Inc.), to Mindshift Technologies. One can only guess what happened here, but the move seems to have been sudden and unplanned. They still haven't moved the riaa.org, riaa.net, and musicunited.org domains — those are still pointing to the TST nameservers that no longer accept queries for those domains. TST Inc. deserves credit, however. They seem to have managed to host the RIAA quite successfully for the past 4 years. Will Mindshift do a better job hosting one of the most reviled, and therefore most attacked, Web sites in the world? I wonder if anybody at the RIAA or TST would care to comment on the reasons behind this sudden move. Could it be that the RIAA is being sued by its hosting provider? Or perhaps the sue-happy organizaiton is suing its provider?"

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I cannot conceive of a less interesting "story" than this one. Kudos, slashdot.

  2. Hopefully, with GPL version 4 by catbutt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Evil organizationss won't be able to use Linux or other GPL'd software.

  3. But... by skinfitz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does that mean they are violating 200+ Microsoft patents now? ...and lets not forget SCO...

    1. Re:But... by geminidomino · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'll bring the chainsaw.

  4. Uhh, okay. by DrEldarion · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hate to sit here and be critical, but is this really "stuff that matters"? This is one of the most meaningless stories I've seen in ages on this site. After looking at the firehose and what doesn't get accepted, it amazes me that something this dumb can be posting material.

    1. Re:Uhh, okay. by Wescotte · · Score: 5, Funny

      I hate to sit here and be critical, but is this really "stuff that matters"? This is one of the most meaningless stories I've seen in ages on this site. After looking at the firehose and what doesn't get accepted, it amazes me that something this dumb can be posting material.

      The RIAA is Paris Hilton for nerds where even the most pointless story that is related to it gets too much coverage.

  5. Could it be? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Could it be that the RIAA is being sued by its hosting provider? Or perhaps the sue-happy organizaiton is suing its provider? Could it be the submitter of this article is simply engaging in random, mindless speculation?
    1. Re:Could it be? by suv4x4 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Could it be the submitter of this article is simply engaging in random, mindless speculation?

      I've been reading Slashdot for years now, this is the first time this happens.

  6. I wonder by NCTRNAL · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they discovered they were running a pirated version of Win2K3, too bad they didn't become self-aware and implode upon themselves, greedy fucks....

    --
    "Hey Gary, why are we wearing bras on our heads?"
  7. So... by Artifice_Eternity · · Score: 5, Funny

    It appears that the move did not go smoothly as it resulted in an 8-hour downtime starting yesterday around noon, according to Netcraft.

    NETCRAFT CONFIRMS: RIAA IS DEAD!