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    "title": "Geek Irony: Adult Entertainment, Bandwidth Leeching and Apache Modules",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/06/10/geek-irony-adult-entertainment-bandwidth-leeching-and-apache-modules/",
    "datePublished": "2005-06-10",
    "dateModified": "2022-04-25",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Port80 tells a great story about a product that they had in the pipe that would prevent bandwidth leeching (defined in the post). [here] Their observation that technology that could…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# Geek Irony: Adult Entertainment, Bandwidth Leeching and Apache Modules

Port80 tells a great story about a product that they had in the pipe that would prevent bandwidth leeching (defined in the post). [[here](https://web.archive.org/web/20071103122333/http://www.port80software.com/200ok/archive/2005/06/10/548.aspx)]

Their observation that technology that could do this would be of particular interest to purveyors of adult-oriented sites does not surprise me. However, their rationale for stopping development was not based on any moral issues; the fact is that LAMP development platforms are preferred in this industry because of their cost.

Now, I am sure that some enterprising Apache hacker could very quickly develop a functional module that would plug right onto the server to deliver on some of the basic design elements laid out by the Port80 Team. This would be a benefit to both the IIS and Apache communities, as interest in this feature would push for a similar feature in IIS, allowing Port80 to finally release this software.

Rightly or wrongly, porn has fueled a large number of the developments in the open source community. My place is not to judge; it is to benefit from the advancements.