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> They finally got around to posting linux usage but are apparently
> biased or too STOOPIT! to acknowlege *BSD...which seem really odd
> as a netcraft query returns:
>
> Solaris 9/10  Apache/2.0.54 (Unix)  16-Jan-2007  212.58.224.116
> BBC Internet Services, Docklands.

This says nothing either way about the cluefulness of BBC's
broadcast division, but in any event Solaris != FreeBSD.

Solaris is a descendant of SVR4, complete with STREAMS (and likely
other assorted silliness -- in both the kernel and the userland).