The Office 2007 demo and Linux
Have you wondered what's really behind Microsoft's web-based Office 2007 demo beta? I did, and what I found was more than a little interesting.
First, Microsoft is not hosting the demo. Oh, it may look like that, with all those Microsoft trademarks, links and logos on the pages, but the demo URL tells all: www.runaware.com.
Runaware Inc. is a Swedish company with offices in North America. It makes its money as a leading ESP (evaluation service provider). In short, it enables companies to offer demonstrations of their programs for prospective customers.
Runaware is not an ASP (application service provider), you can't hire them to host your applications; this company is all about product marketing.
To provide this service, Runaware uses, get this, Linux and Apache in its American-based Web site and an elderly copy of Tru64 Unix and Apache in its Swedish location.
Ah, the irony.
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