[wplug] MS using Linux web hosting :)

[Russ Schneider]

"A Netcraft monitoring Web site has revealed Microsoft's London
Internet Data Centre depends heavily on Linux for delivering data, via
hosting company Akamai Technologies, which uses a Linux-based caching
system to deliver content. At the time of going to press, nine of the
10 Microsoft London Internet Data Centre sites with the longest uptime
were running Linux.

When asked whether customers can be confident in Microsoft if even
Microsoft uses Linux in some situations, Gregory said open source and
Microsoft technologies were part of a "rich technology ecosystem".

"This is a good thing for Microsoft, its partners and customers. Linux
and Microsoft do not operate mutually exclusively - they are part of
this ecosystem," Gregory said. "


The above is the last 3 paragraphs at:

http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.cfm?ID=10&Art_ID=12492


Today, in anticipation of the expected msblast DOS attack, they moved 
windowsupdate.com to a Linux server because they feel it's the only 
thing that can handle the load. :)

-- 
Russ Schneider (a.k.a. Sugapablo)
http://www.sugapablo.com

Latest Release (New Live CD):
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