__/ [ William Poaster ] on Friday 02 June 2006 23:27 \__
> On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:02:27 +0000, Sinister Midget wrote:
>
>> On 2006-06-01, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted
>> something concerning:
>>> On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:42:10 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tax authorities in Lower Saxony switch to Linux
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| According to a press release, 12,000 computers are affected. Since the
>>>>| end of April, all tax authorities have been involved in migration. By
>>>>| the end of September 2006, the desktop systems are all to be running
>>>>| on Linux except for telecommuters and servers.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/73772
>>>
>>> I've said it before, and I'll say it again.
>>>
>>> We keep hearing about all these *PLANS* to migrate to linux, and *in
>>> process* moves to linux. We almost never (with very few exceptions)
>>> hear about them once complete. One would think that pulling off such a
>>> feat would be bragging rights, and you would want to publish your
>>> metrics about how much money you've saved.... but no. Silence.
>>
>> I've said this before and I'll say it again.
>>
>> They're done. They're working. What's to talk about?
>>
>> We heard about a mass migration for Godaddy's parked sites not long ago.
>> Why don't we hear more? What happened? Are those domains sitting there,
>> doing nothing, any better off than they were?
>>
>> What happens to all of theose companies that switch over from something to
>> Windwoes? How come they aren't broadcasting the status every day*
>> thereafter?
>>
>> If they're /staying/ with it, what's the point of
>>
>> * Some, in part, because they learn their lessons quickly and dump
>> Winders. But that's not always the case.
>
> GoDaddy are also spammers, & allow spammers to operate.
> (google GoDaddy & news.admin.net-abuse.email)
> So I'm not particularly surprised they take M$ bribes.
As I once witnessed [1], they are also headed by somewhat of a
self-promotional a spammer. The same issue (spam in GoDaddy) was discussed
in alt.www.webmatser about 1-2 weeks ago. They now have a hate Web site too,
set up by a former GoDaddy employee. And, yes, they accept money from
Microsoft [2]. I never liked them; and not just because of the stupid name.
Roy
[1] http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/03/31/uninvited-mail/
[2] http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=15108
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| 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.
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