Linux news

2007 07 03

British Political Parties Move Away from Windows

The [UK] politics of open source

There's been a suggestion of a shift towards open source in the houses of government in the UK recently, with the Conservative Party promising to promote open source if elected and the incumbent Labour Party releasing the code behind its new carbon footprint calculator under the General Public License. [...] PlaidCymru.org Apache on Linux (moved from Windows today) [...] SDLP.ie Apache on FreeBSD (moved from Windows today)

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Even Microsoft-Watch moved from Windows to Linux quite recently. It seems like Windows can only conquer parked domains, essentially by paying Web hosts to influence Netcraft figures. Related: Open Source Fights Back

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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