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Apache Today: Editor’s Note: Serving the Political Web

“Now that we’re entering the home streches of local and national
elections, interest in individual candidates has picked up — and,
as a result, the Web sites run by candidates and parties are
experienced greater prominence and higher traffic.”

“Not surprisingly, the Apache Web server was in wide usage among
candidates and parties — in proportions that exceed the Internet
as a whole. We spent some time using Netcraft to check out what
sites were running what. Not surprisingly, the Apache Web server
was in wide usage among candidates and parties — in proportions
that exceed the Internet as a whole. While we don’t want to draw
any political conclusions from the usage, it is interesting to note
that the more rebellious the candidate — on either end of the
spectrum — the more likely they were to use Apache.”


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