[Am-info] Microsoft's Anti-Unix site runs on Unix

[Erick Andrews]

On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:59:35 -0500, Gene Gaines wrote:

>Forwarding a forwarded message:
>
>From: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
>To: ip <ip-sub-1@majordomo.pobox.com>
>Date: Monday, April 01, 2002, 12:16:19 PM
>Subject: IP: NYT: (Microsoft's) High-profile anti-Unix site runs UNIX (FreeBSD)
>
>=================Original message text===============
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>------ Forwarded Message
>From: Chris Shenton <chris@Shenton.Org>
>Date: 01 Apr 2002 12:10:51 -0500
>To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
>Subject: NYT: (Microsoft's) High-profile anti-Unix site runs UNIX (FreeBSD)
>
>Heard on NPR this morning, found an article on
>the New York Times site (free account required):
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_0-1003-200-9576643.html
>
>Excerpt:
>
>    A Web site sponsored by Microsoft and Unisys as a way to steer big
>    companies away from the Unix 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.
>
>

I was suspicious that it was an April Fool joke...it should be.

It should be titled "We Have The Way *In*".

-- 
Erick Andrews