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On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Alexei Kosut wrote:

> > 2.  Can Apache maintain its technology amid deep-pocketed rivals with
> > plans to dethrone it?
> 
> Yes. Bill Gates declared us IIS' greatest threat nearly a year ago,
> and we're still here... (knock on wood)

What I think is cool is that it is a lot easier for Microsoft to grab up a
small company producing a company than a group like the Apache Group.
After all, it is hard to exert financial pressure on an organization that
really has no finances because it isn't really an organization...