Thanks for the piece ravi. I will circulate this email.
-Thomas
--- ravi <gadfly at exitleft.org> wrote:
>
>
> thought some of the tech/geek types on this list
> might enjoy this one!
>
> --ravi
>
>
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>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1001-872266.html
>
> High-profile anti-Unix site runs Unix
>
> By Mike Ricciuti
> Staff Writer, CNET News.com
> April 1, 2002, 6:10 AM PT
>
> 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.
>
> Officials at Unisys and Microsoft weren't
> immediately available for comment.
>
> The marketing site's use of Unix comes as Microsoft
> works to get a
> greater foothold for its Windows operating system in
> the enterprise
> computing market, where Unix is well entrenched.
> Unisys partnered with
> Microsoft to co-market its large server hardware
> running Windows as a
> Unix alternative.
>
> 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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