Re[2]: [Am-info] Microsoft's Anti-Unix site runs on Unix

[Gene Gaines]

Erick,

I thought it was an April Fool, until I checked a couple
of sources.

But Microsoft has been doing things like this, and worse,
for years.

Gene
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com

On Monday, April 01, 2002, 2:59:59 PM, Erick wrote:

> 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===============
>>
>>------ 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*".



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