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From: dannyman@arh0135.urh.uiuc.edu (Dannyman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?
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Date: 19 Sep 1996 15:29:18 GMT
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tedm@agora.rdrop.com wrote:

: I feel compelled to point out here that Microsoft is not making a dime from
: Internet server, since a peer-to-peer version is included with NT workstation, and 
: a so-called full version is included with NT server.  
: 
: The Apache group is also not making a dime off of Apache since it's free.
: 
: So, this benchmarking is really meaningless in my mind, since it's basically 2 groups

	I don't care if folks are making money off anything or not, I care
if the real folks are buying the right equipment and implementing the
right software to suit their needs.

	Also, bear in mind that while MicroSoft may not make anything off
the server itself, you still have to buy their OS to run it. ;)

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