[CLUE-Talk] Jim Ockers, contact me

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Jim,

So... what company do you work for? Perhaps you can give us a link to check out.

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On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:01:11 -0600 (MDT)
Jim Ockers <ockers at ockers.net> wrote:

> > > 
> > > Is there a web site where I can sign up to become a Friend of Jim
> > > Ockers? ;-)
> 
> > Maybe we should start an Ockers (Linux GURU) fan club ;-)
> 
> Heh.  Thanks for the kind words.  This would be an appropriate time to
> say good-bye to the CLUE group, I think.  I have accepted a job transfer
> to my employer's head offices in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and I live
> in Calgary now.
> 
> I won't be attending the CLUE meetings obviously, unless I happen to be
> in Denver on a meeting night.  It was a pleasure knowing y'all and being
> a part of the group.
> 
> You might be interested to learn that I was the person who introduced
> Linux to this company; back in 1997, I deployed a Linux server.  Since
> that time it has never crashed, although it is on faster hardware now
> than it was then.  The Linux use in the company has mushroomed, and in
> fact the reason I'm here is to help the R&D department re-engineer our
> entire product line to run on Linux.
> 
> I like to think I've had a pivotal role in bringing the benefits of
> Linux to the company.
> 
> Our product managers have implemented a strict no-Microsoft software
> policy for our field products.  (We still use M$ in the office, of course,
> but our field products are all embedded servers etc. and there is no
> reason to use Microsoft software for a custom embedded solution.)
> 
> Anyway, good-bye for now.  I may still lurk on the lists but I haven't
> had time to read them lately.
> 
> --JimO
> 
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--- Dave Anselmi <anselmi at americanisp.net> wrote:
> Grant Johnson wrote:
> 
> > Gartner Recommends Against Microsoft IIS
> >
> > Companies that were hit by both the Code Red and Nimda worms
> > should quit using Microsoft's Internet Information Server
> > immediately, says Gartner's research director for Internet
> > security, John Pescatore. To read the story, click here:
> > http://eletters1.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eLBF0DBHpL0E470NyV0AE
> >
> > And the walls begin to crumble...
> 
> Here's the link I wind up at:
>
http://www.interactiveweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D604%2526a%253D15027,00.asp
> 
> Does the .asp mean it's running on IIS?  Ironic?
> 
> Dave
> 

Chilisoft supports asp on linux/apache.  But, in this case, "The site
www.interactiveweek.com is running Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows 2000".



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