What the Candidates are Running

An anonymous reader writes " Linux Journal has an article about what the presidential candidates are running their web sites on. It also has some reference to the Republican vs. Democrat uptimes. "

Isn't it obvious...

[ylikone]

that the republicans are going to be running Windows? They wouldn't go near the socialist Linux OS!

Vote Linux, vote democrat!

Netcraft confirms it!

[Limburgher]

George W. Bush is dying!

Seriously though, if the leader of the free world runs IIS, I'm scared. . .

Biased Reporting...

[Tsali]

What about the Green party? The Libertarians?

Where's my fair and balanced coverage?

From this data...

[Anonymous Coward]

It can be inferred that the average time between patches requiring reboot on W2k is 16.91 days?

Re:Netcraft confirms it!

[Jonny Ringo]

If the leader of the free world knows what IIS is I'm dumbfounded.

uptimes

[rabbits77]

It also has some reference to the Republican vs. Democrat uptimes.
What about LinuxJournal uptimes? Shouldn't they be embarassed that after less than 20 commenst posted that their server is hoplessly /.ed?

Any significance? Nope.

[sczimme]

From the article:

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

I'm glad this was posted to 'The Lighter Side'. However, that probably won't stop people from drawing ironclad conclusions from the data.

Hint: political candidates' performance is not linked to the performance of their webservers.

"Up next: inferring a person's religion based on his choice of toothpaste."

:-)

AtAT

[Ster]

From As the Apple Turns [appleturns.com]:

In fact, the only candidate who stated for the record that he actually uses a Mac was Al Sharpton. And even though we usually pride ourselves on voting entirely by the candidates' computing platform preferences without letting our judgment be colored by anything relatively unimportant like "political issues," "competency," or "history of violent criminal acts," there's a deal-breaker that prevents us from ever possibly considering Sharpton for President. We speak, of course, of the hair. 'Nuff said.

-Ster

Who the fuck cares?

[Anonymous Coward]

Third of the people on Slashdot are not Americans, another third are H1Bs and L1s located in America but cannot vote, and the last third of the readership are actual US citizens, but forgot to register to vote, since new Gnome came out that day.

Also This Month on the Newsstand...

[RobotRunAmok]

"GQ" is running an article on which designer ties each candidate is wearing, "Veneer Quarterly" has a sidebar on what color, and how many coats, of paint the candidates used on their houses, "Breakfast Meats Bi-Monthly" is leading with the in-depth feature "Bacon, Steak, or Sausage: The Candidates Decide," and the cover story of this month's "Limousine Owner's Gazette" tells us wa-a-a-y more than we need to know about the contenders' choice of Regular, Premium, or Ultra.

Gosh, with so much relevant information available to voters, it's easier than ever to make an informed decision!

Go ahead, throw your vote away.

[pheared]

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.

Patriot Act

[damiena]

The sad thing is, you've just committed a felony. Don't worry, the FBI will be there shortly.

I find it highly unlikely ...

[burgburgburg]

that W can even spell IIS, no less explain what it is. Look at how much trouble he had with WMD.

Re:Biased Reporting...

[ConceptJunkie]

I think the Green Party uses Stonehenge for all their computing needs. Either that or abaci made from trees knocked down by storms.

(Apologies to Terry Pratchett.)

Would you Vote for...

[jazman_777]

A Fat Bald Man if he ran Linux? A few geeks would, nobody else would, not even if he were sent directly by God. Collectively, this country is an idiot.

Re:Netcraft confirms it!

[lucabrasi999]

If the leader of the free world knows what IIS is I'm dumbfounded

If the leader of the free world knows the name of the President of Kazakhstan....Hold on

If the leader of the free world was able to receive a "B" average Grade in college......Wait

if the leader for the free world could correctly pronounce the word NUCLEAR....Oh, never mind

I can see Howard Dean's speech now...

[cyranoVR]

"I want people with Tux stickers on their cases, and I want people with Best Viewed Under IE 6.0 on their web pages. The Democratic party needs a big tent!"

Re:Any significance? Nope.

[missing000]

"Up next: inferring a person's religion based on his choice of toothpaste."

I don't like the implication of this statement. I'm an Atheist, but I still brush.

Nader

[bigkahunafish]

I'm not so sure about Nader wanting to use modern computers at all. Those new hardrives could be "Unsafe at Any Speed" He's probably running that Commodore 64 that was recently updated with ethernet capability :o)

Re:Yes..

[lucabrasi999]

Who uses underwear?

AS/400

Gilligan on a bicycle

Re:Netcraft confirms it!

[sean23007]

Seriously though, if the leader of the free world runs IIS, I'm scared. . .

Really? It took IIS to scare you, when the leader of the "free" world (is that free as in beer or free as in freedom?) is George W. Bush? You're the bravest man I've ever heard of!

I shall be here all ze week

[Anonymous Coward]

> 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.

uh, Republicans can't keep it up? but we've known that since Bob Dole started doing ED ads ...

Re:Also This Month on the Newsstand...

[Zathrus]

"Breakfast Meats Bi-Monthly" is leading with the in-depth feature "Bacon, Steak, or Sausage: The Candidates Decide,"

What about chicken you insensitive clod?

Brought to you by Chick-Fil-A. And their spokes-cows.

Moooooo.

Re:Any significance? Nope.

[tobe]

At least the Communists have a clear choice: Arm & Hammer, surely.

Re:Netcraft confirms it!

[jandersen]

"Seriously though, if the leader of the free world runs IIS, I'm scared. . ."

Hmm, I just realised that I don't live in 'the free world', then. George Wanker Bush isn't our leader over here in UK - not formally, at least, though Tony seems to get a hardon every time they meet.

Curses!

[fizban]

The Linux Journal is slashdotted?!?! A LINUX site is SLASHDOTTED?!?!? Oh, the horror. The HORROR! We're doomed, I tell you. DOOMED!

Re:Netcraft confirms it!

[PostConsumerRecycled]

Well, that depends on what your definition of IIS is.

Re:Netcraft confirms it!

[Minna Kirai]

I'm completely certain that the Leader of the Free World [wired.com] is can recognize IIS, although he personally prefers apache (or even khttpd).

I'll say this right now:

[lysium]

Geeks should not be discriminating on personal appearance. Especially on grooming!

Security

[generic]

If your uptime is 445 days... you need to patch your kernel.

Re:Ah well, at least the Republican party of Virgi

[Glass of Water]

Green Party: Debian & Apache/mod_perl.

My desision is made.

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Re:Isn't it obvious...

[carlos_benj]

Besides, at least in California, those wanting smaller government could have voted for Gary Coleman but he was overlooked by most voters....