Presidential web servers--funny & illuminating

[DrBB]

Well, mebbe this is too geeks-only for Editorials, but hey, it's political and I think illuminating, though of what exacly I'm not sure. Anyway....

on edit: mods, this came as an email, so no link.

The Lighter Side: Penguins for President?
Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2003 by Doc Searls

Is there any significance to what Web server/platform
combinations 2004 presidential candidates are using?

As we swing into the thick of the 2004 electoral
playoffs, it's interesting to see what kinds of
platforms are running under the candidates' official
campaign Web sites. Netcraft has a handy feature called
"What's that site running?" that lets us see
combinations of Web servers and OS platforms. So here's
a quick rundown, in alphabetical order:

* George W. Bush: Microsoft IIS on Windows 2000

* Wesley Clark: Apache on Linux

* Howard Dean: Apache on FreeBSD

* John Edwards: Microsoft IIS "behind a computer
running NetWare"

* Richard Gephardt: Microsoft IIS on Windows 2000

* John Kerry: Apache on Linux

* Dennis Kucinich Apache on Linux

* Carol Mosely-Braun: Apache on FreeBSD

* Al Sharpton: Apache on Solaris 8

* Joe Lieberman: Apache on FreeBSD

For what it's worth, the Republican National Committee
is running Microsoft IIS on Windows 2000, while the
Democratic National Committee is running Apache on
Linux.

As of this writing, November 5, 2003, the RNC has an
uptime of 4.26 days (maximum of 39.04) and a 90-day
moving average of 16.91. The DNC has an uptime of 445.02
days (also the maximum) and a 90-day moving average of
395.38 days.

Draw your own conclusions.

Doc Searls is Senior Editor of Linux Journal.

[Undemcided]

1. Solaris?

Al Sharpton can't be hurting for cash if he's running Sun hardware. :-)

[eileen_d]

2. Ha! Those uptime comparisons are funny.

Is it a coincidence that the candidates I admire most are all running Apache on Linux? :tinfoilhat: I wonder if they're hiring; I'm an unemployed Linux web administrator!

No surprise Bush is running IIS... it has a long history of security flaws and is prone to attack, but it still won't go away.