Open source campaigns... and others

November 7, 2003 5:43 PM

What's that pol running? "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." Also broken down by individual campaigns.
posted by cedar (9 comments total)

I always knew those Democrats didn't have enough patriotic spirit to support American products, instead opting for that shady, european, socialist stuff.
posted by Space Coyote at 5:53 PM on November 7, 2003

i'm really starting to like sharpton. first we find out he is a mac user, now we find out his website is running on solaris.
posted by birdherder at 6:21 PM on November 7, 2003

I guess you get what you pay for.
posted by infowar at 6:44 PM on November 7, 2003

"I used to work for a little while for Progeny Linux Systems. I always wondered how could you take that same collaboration that occurs in Linux and open source and apply it here. What would happen if there were a way to do that and engage everybody in a in a presidential campaign?"
--Joe Trippi, Dean's campaign manager, in an August interview with Lawrence Lessig
posted by jbrjake at 7:20 PM on November 7, 2003

Howard Dean - Apache on FreeBSD - can you say even MORE free than Linux? How fitting.
posted by Ryvar at 9:04 PM on November 7, 2003

Never thought about that before, but the "you get what you pay for" adage doesn't apply to MS versus Linux, at least in the server space.
posted by jragon at 8:46 AM on November 8, 2003

I am probably the last one to have that thought. Go me.
posted by jragon at 8:48 AM on November 8, 2003

Great. Still doesn't change the fact that the Democrats have yet to put together a political machine as powerful as the Republicans. Secret tip, DNC: Pull your organization together and put out a coherent message.

Sorry for the hijack.
posted by tgrundke at 11:36 AM on November 8, 2003

Those Democrats, just not fascist enough it would seem.
posted by Space Coyote at 7:00 PM on November 8, 2003