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From: fgm@osinet.fr (Frederic G. MARAND)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 20:19:00 GMT
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>	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. ;)

Novell at least is partially honest in that regard : they compare
their Web server product (bundled with NW 4.11) with the NT Server/IIS
bundle. 

The rest of the comparison, though, feels like pure commercialese.