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From: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?
Date: 25 Sep 1996 07:36:48 GMT
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In <51uema$nd3@nr1.toronto.istar.net> Chris Tyler <CTyler@Oxford.net> writes:

>Right! Now consider which OS is used on those systems. Digital's cozy
>with Microsoft, but they're not crazy enough to try and run AltaVista on
>NT.

Do we know that for a fact?  Maybe they did try and it didn't work,
so they had no choice?
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net>
"please ignore Dhesi" -- Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU>