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Date:      Wed, 15 Nov 2000 10:14:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      Roop Nanuwa <roop@gw.carpoolbc.com>
To:        Lord Mage <mage@runners.homeip.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Microsoft Knowledge Base runs....
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011151011110.27262-100000@gw.carpoolbc.com>
In-Reply-To: <004701c04f27$5c5c0ff0$0401a8c0@runners3.net>

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Hmm.. it seems that the links go through what looks like a hit
counter. The hit counter is run off of FreBSD.. but I don't think it's a
Micro$oft product itself.. =).. directhit.com is owned by the
AskJeeves.com people...

RSN

On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Lord Mage wrote:

> Quite easy to verify.
> Just go to the Microsoft Site, Support, Knowledge Base.
> Do a search on any product.
> Any search results that you receive will be links to that URL.
> 
> Eric De La Cruz Lugo wrote:
> > Can you provide the URL for others to verify?, it will be a very pleasant
> > experience  Ohhhhh Yessssssssssss......
> 
> > Eric De La Cruz Lugo
> > Merida, Yucatan, Mexico The Maya Land.
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lord Mage <mage@runners.homeip.net>
> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 7:09 AM
> > Subject: Microsoft Knowledge Base runs....
> 
> 
> >> I know this isn't a question, but I discovered something quite
> interesting a
> >> few days ago. I was having with a problem with a Windows Me client, so I
> >> went to the Microsoft Knowledge Base site. The site returned several
> links
> >> to possible solutions. Upon clicking on one of the links, I was
> redirected
> >> to another site for more detailed information, but instead of returning
> the
> >> requested information, the site returned an error message. The error
> message
> >> wasn't particularly interesting, except for one thing:
> >> It was returned from an Apache http server.
> >> Apache? Apache??
> >> What is Microsoft doing running Apache?
> >> Out of curiousity, I submitted the URL of the redirected server to
> Netcraft
> >> to confirm.
> >> Netcraft results?
> >> Apache running under....
> >>
> >> FreeBSD!!
> 
> 
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