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Linux Torvalds; Microsoft Vs. Linux; Who's Got Linux?: Page 9 of 10

  • Oh Canada! Better than the XFL. www.cfl.ca -- Canadian Football League:
    Solaris 8 and Apache (uptime: 134.39 days)

    And our "you should have seen that one coming" award goes to
    www.fide.com -- World Chess Federation: Windows 2000 and IIS -- Maximum
    uptime? 6.23 days.


    Got Linux?


    Microsoft is pushing against Linux again with a new ad campaign focusing on "the facts" of Linux versus Windows total cost of ownership. The Microsoft microsite (www.microsoft.com/mscorp/facts), the heart of the campaign, does a fine job of rolling out "independent" analysis on a number of spot issues like staffing and server performance. It also contains some tactical "how-tos" that encourage users to demand migration to Windows. We don't mean to nitpick, but isn't Linux spelled with an L?