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High-profile anti-Unix site runs Unix | |
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| Time: 11:44 EST/16:44 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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A Web site sponsored by Microsoft and Unisys as a way to steer big companies away from the Unix (news - web sites) operating system is itself powered by Unix software. The site, dubbed "We Have The Way Out," runs on Web servers powered by FreeBSD, an open-source version of Unix, along with the Unix-based Web server Apache, according to Netcraft, which tracks Web site information. Both pieces of software compete with Microsoft's Windows operating system. The Microsoft/Unisys site solicits names and contact information in exchange for research reports on data center trends. The Web site is just part of Microsoft's renewed marketing and advertising campaign to undermine Unix, the operating system at the heart of powerful server lines from rivals Sun Microsystems, IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Unisys is spending $25 million on the campaign. Microsoft is adding funding of its own but has declined to say how much. | ||
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| #1 By 2332 (129.21.145.80) at 4/1/2002 1:19:19 PM |
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Sigh...
This site was almost certainly put together by a 3rd party, and the 3rd party happened to use FreeBSD. Ironic? Yes. Proves anything? Nope. |
| #2 By 20 (24.243.32.227) at 4/1/2002 2:47:09 PM |
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Ah yes, more anti-MS smear in the main-stream media.
Never mind the 10,000 Anti-MS sites running Windows2000. Never mind that the site in question is against anti-big-iron Unix, not the underdog FreeBSD (MS has on several occassions supported FreeBSD and I believe, internally, considers it a friend). But, who ever said you'd get facts and honest reporting in the mainstream press? |
| #3 By 2332 (129.21.145.80) at 4/1/2002 8:44:40 PM |
| #10 - funny, you criticize what I say as uninteresting, but then repeat it verbatim. |
| #4 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 4/2/2002 12:18:13 AM |
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This domain name is owned by Unisys, not Microsoft.
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