In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 06:53:03 +0100
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> __/ [ asj ] on Friday 09 June 2006 06:32 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Where, oh where have all the Apache servers gone?
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | At first glance, Netcraft's June 2006 Web server survey looks like bad
>>> | news for Apache. And, since the vast majority of all instances of Apache
>>> | run on Linux, bad news for Linux in one of its strongholds: Internet
>>> | servers. A closer look, though, reveals a different story.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3407542187.html
>>>
>>
>> this pretty much sums it up:
>>
>> "However, after considering those millions of idle parked domains, this
>> move strikes me as more pathetic than convincing."
>
> More pathetic is the attempt to massage that figure. All these millions of
> parked domain could be managed in a single server room, or even by a small
> cluster/rack. Someone could accommodate Gates' private garage with the
> needed server space, alongside his set of golf clubs.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy
>
I'll admit to some curiosity as to whether those parked domains could be
managed by a single *server*. Last I looked they were little more than
a hook into some sort of weird search engine.
In any event, this probably explains most of the increase. But my,
doesn't it look impressive to the uninitiated! :-)
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