From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Sep 12 09:30:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA16800 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 09:30:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [207.170.17.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA16795 for ; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 09:30:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jlemon@americantv.com) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA19045; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:30:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) id LAA18102; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:29:55 -0500 Message-ID: <19980912112955.14066@right.PCS> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 11:29:55 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon To: Marc Slemko Cc: Terry Lambert , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ken Starr, Apache, FreeBSD References: <199809120849.BAA02823@usr07.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: ; from Marc Slemko on Sep 09, 1998 at 03:07:48AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sep 09, 1998 at 03:07:48AM -0700, Marc Slemko wrote: > Are you on drugs? Sorry, wrong question to ask Terry... > > A couple of other mirrors were running Apache too, but that didn't help > them. > > The difference has a lot more to do with the fact that is Yahoo's job and > they know what they are doing and can do setups to handle high load, where > your typical .gov admin doesn't have a clue. > > Also, the "runs on an Apache server" is, AFAIK, mostly technically > accurate but very misleading to state since, AFAIK, they run a mega hacked > 1.1.x Apache that probably doesn't even begin to resemble any publicly > available code. > > (note that "easily keep up" isn't entirely accurate, as they did have > serious slowdowns at times; at least they were smart enough to figure out > that using a different server/set of servers was smart.) Ah, yes, but this is PR. Marketing people have very different definitions than techies. The fact that it is at least "technically accurate" is a bonus, as most marketing ads aren't. :-) -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message