Microsoft does use linux!

[Adul]

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/hosted?netname=MSFT-IDC,213.199.144.0,213.199.159.255


For web caching servers. Notice the uptime

 

[jagr10]

No they don't. That would be like Canon using Xerox machines in their building. Or it would be like IBM using Dell computers.

 

[Heisenberg]

Does Hotmail still run on FreeBSD? I know for a while it did, even after MS bought it.

 

[Soybomb]

Originally posted by: jagr10
No they don't. That would be like Canon using Xerox machines in their building. Or it would be like IBM using Dell computers.

Hotmail was running *nix for a long time, I think they finally get their backend off it though. It could be knowing your enemy, or just using the best tool for the job. ...

 

[Incitatus]

They had some BSD boxes behind hotmail.. though I think they were (or have finished) switching them out to IIS.

 

[Ameesh]

actually akamai uses them, not ms

 

[jagr10]

I bet Microsoft is trying to buy out linux to make it their own.

 

[NogginBoink]

I can assure you in no uncertain terms that Microsoft is not using Linux in production machines.

Microsoft has stated publicly on many occasions that Linux is Microsoft's biggest threat.

Now, MS may use other variants of unix for certain servers (I do not know), but I would bet body parts that they don't use Linux on production boxes.

 

[Pepsi90919]

they're akamai servers, not microsoft.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: jagr10
I bet Microsoft is trying to buy out linux to make it their own.

WTF??

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: NogginBoink
I can assure you in no uncertain terms that Microsoft is not using Linux in production machines.

Microsoft has stated publicly on many occasions that Linux is Microsoft's biggest threat.

Now, MS may use other variants of unix for certain servers (I do not know), but I would bet body parts that they don't use Linux on production boxes.

Last time I heard about it, Microsoft uses Unix-like or Unix systems to make the cd images, to protect against viruses.

 

[Flatline]

"to protect against viruses"

bwahahahahahahaha

 

[Spac3d]

Who ever said they didn's use *nix or bsd based boxes?????

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
they're akamai servers, not microsoft.

isn't that what i said?

 

[Staples]

I can see them using BSD or some other UNIX system but not Linux. I find it halarious how Linux fanboys think that MS is always using their stuff when it is BSD that Hotmail used to run on at one time. BSD != Linux, it is a lot better than Linux.

 

[Derango]

Oh god, I thought this was another one of those Microsoft Linux posts

Oh yea, and you can't buy out linux.

 

[Flatline]

Not necessarily. BSD and 'nix boxes are only as good as the person who configured them (although the BSDs do rock)

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Staples
I can see them using BSD or some other UNIX system but not Linux. I find it halarious how Linux fanboys think that MS is always using their stuff when it is BSD that Hotmail used to run on at one time. BSD != Linux, it is a lot better than Linux.

Everyone uses the BSDs. It is even my opinion that the Linux kernel possibly violates the GPL in its use of BSD, but I have done absolutely no research into this just yet.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: jagr10
I bet Microsoft is trying to buy out linux to make it their own.

/knocks on jagr10's head

"Hello? Anyone with a clue home?"

Linux is open source, not a proprietary product like Windows. There's 50 million different variants of it out there produced by different companies and individuals (e.g. Red Hat, Mandrake, Gentoo, what have you). It's not owned by one company, so there would basically be no way that Microsoft could buy them out and snuff Linux for good.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: jagr10
I bet Microsoft is trying to buy out linux to make it their own.

/knocks on jagr10's head

"Hello? Anyone with a clue home?"

Linux is open source, not a proprietary product like Windows. There's 50 million different variants of it out there produced by different companies and individuals (e.g. Red Hat, Mandrake, Gentoo, what have you). It's not owned by one company, so there would basically be no way that Microsoft could buy them out and snuff Linux for good.

But they could possibly (depending on how Linus feels at the moment) buy the trademark to the name Linux.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: jagr10
I bet Microsoft is trying to buy out linux to make it their own.

/knocks on jagr10's head

"Hello? Anyone with a clue home?"

Linux is open source, not a proprietary product like Windows. There's 50 million different variants of it out there produced by different companies and individuals (e.g. Red Hat, Mandrake, Gentoo, what have you). It's not owned by one company, so there would basically be no way that Microsoft could buy them out and snuff Linux for good.

But they could possibly (depending on how Linus feels at the moment) buy the trademark to the name Linux.

Yeah, but would that stop people from releasing Linux variants under a different name?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: jagr10
I bet Microsoft is trying to buy out linux to make it their own.

/knocks on jagr10's head

"Hello? Anyone with a clue home?"

Linux is open source, not a proprietary product like Windows. There's 50 million different variants of it out there produced by different companies and individuals (e.g. Red Hat, Mandrake, Gentoo, what have you). It's not owned by one company, so there would basically be no way that Microsoft could buy them out and snuff Linux for good.

But they could possibly (depending on how Linus feels at the moment) buy the trademark to the name Linux.

Yeah, but would that stop people from releasing Linux variants under a different name?

Nothing, but there is plenty of proof out there that success relies on the marketing.

 

[littleprince]

Well, I typed in the ip for msn.it and it does go to the same site as msn.it
That was a win 2k box.=)