In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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wrote
on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:40:27 +0000
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> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 18 December 2006 16:40 \__
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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>> wrote
>> on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:49:35 +0000
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>>> http://www.hatevista.com/
>>>
>>> Self-explanatory, I think.
>>
>> Microsoft IIS6-hosted? My brain hurts.
>>
>> $ wget --server-response http://www.hatevista.com
>> --08:35:33-- http://www.hatevista.com/
>> => `index.html'
>> Resolving www.hatevista.com... 68.178.232.99
>> Connecting to www.hatevista.com|68.178.232.99|:80... connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
>> HTTP/1.0 200 OK
>> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:35:35 GMT
>> Content-Length: 21521
>> Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
>> Expires: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:35:35 GMT
>> Cache-Control: no-cache
>> Connection: keep-alive
>> Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
>> X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
>> X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
>> Pragma: no-cache
>> Via: 1.1 netcache01inhq (NetCache NetApp/5.5R4)
>> Length: 21,521 (21K) [text/html]
>>
>> 100%[====================================>] 21,521 --.--K/s
>>
>> 08:35:35 (266.92 KB/s) - `index.html' saved [21521/21521]
>>
>> The actual index.html has a lot of carriage return/linefeed sequences
>> (but, strangely enough, not all of them) and an embedded style sheet.
>> There are also a number of HTML errors such as missing semicolons
>> for ' '.
>>
>> Not nearly as bad as some of the other pages I've seen, but a little
>> sloppy.
>>
>> [rest snipped]
>
> Well, the domain is parked and the Netcraft toolbar tells me it's GoDaddy-
> hosted. As a reminder:
>
> Open Source Fights Back
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Question: The OpenSourceParking.com announcement cites a Netcraft
> | report, which found that GoDaddy.com's migration from Linux to Windows
> | caused Apache to lose server share. Was this event the sole impetus
> | for OpenSourceParking.com?
> |
> | Perens: Not the first. It's part of a continuing behavior pattern by
> | Microsoft that I think it's fair to call "dirty fighting." GoDaddy was
> | using Apache (I assume on Linux) because it was a great technical
> | solution. They didn't switch to IIS on Windows Server 2003 for any
> | technical reason. The switch was accompanied by a press release by
> | GoDaddy, containing Microsoft promotional language. Now, I've changed
> | many servers from one thing to another, but I've never made a press
> | release about it. GoDaddy wouldn't be doing that unless Microsoft had
> | offered them something valuable in return. There has been talk in the
> | domain business that Microsoft has been offering the large domain
> | registries a wad of cash to switch their parked sites. There is no
> | other reason to do this than to influence the Netcraft figures.
> `----
>
> http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=15108
>
> More conrruption, more 'incentives' that eliminate fair competition and
> create an illusion that serves one's marketing agenda. It's the same with
> OEM's.
>
Oh yeah. Dunno if it's illegal, but it's not helping my headache. :-)
I'm a little puzzled, though -- the page said Baird. Evidently GoDaddy
and Baird have a relationship of some sort.
*scratches head*
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