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The following table summarizes some of the key features
of the web sites of major Presidential candidates and other major political web
sites. This is a work in progress. It will be updated as more information is
gathered. This page was last updated on September 4, 1999.
Summary of Features of Web
Sites of
Presidential Candidates and other Political Entities |
| candidate |
web development
software |
server
software |
database
software |
privacy
policy
posted |
solicit
money online |
collect
other info |
cookies |
opponent
keyword
piracy |
| Gary Bauer |
Microsoft FrontPage |
? |
? |
no |
checks
only |
yes |
yes (session) |
no |
| Patrick Buchanan |
? |
? |
? |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes (session) |
no |
| George Bush |
Microsoft FrontPage 98 |
Unix |
none |
no |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
| Elizabeth Dole |
? |
? |
? |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
| Steve Forbes |
BroadVision One to One (a powerful front end for an Oracle database) |
Unix machine with Netscape Server |
Oracle |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
| Orrin Hatch |
Microsoft FrontPage 2000 |
Sun Solaris/
Apache |
? |
yes (contribs page) |
yes |
yes |
no, no plans |
yes |
| Alan Keyes |
GoLive
CyberStudio
(Adobe) |
? The web host uses both Apache and Windows NT Server |
? |
no |
yes |
yes |
no, no |
no |
| John McCain |
BBEdit and Photoshop |
Sun machine with Apache |
? |
yes
policy |
yes |
yes |
no, unless you sign up for the email news service |
yes |
| Dan Quayle |
? |
? |
? |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes (session) |
yes |
| Bob Smith |
? |
? |
? |
no |
|
yes |
no |
no |
| Al Gore |
? |
Window NT Server with IIS |
? |
yes
policy |
yes |
yes |
no, but may in the future |
no |
| Bill Bradley |
? |
? |
? |
no |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
| Hillary Clinton |
? |
? |
? |
yes, but slim |
yes |
yes |
no, but may in the future |
no |
| RNC |
? |
? |
? |
no |
no |
yes |
yes (session) |
yes |
| DNC |
? |
? |
? |
yes, but slim |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes |
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