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OS used by Microsoft

PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:24 am
by Meck
Know Microsoft's new search-engine "bing"???
Guess what OS works on their server:

*check*

Re: OS used by Microsoft

PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:40 am
by Anxyous
;D ;D ;D

Re: OS used by Microsoft

PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:10 am
by machineman9
I don't see the funny side... Linux is just a better operating system for working with servers. If anything it is good that they are using it!

:-/

Re: OS used by Microsoft

PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:32 am
by Meck
I don't see the funny side... Linux is just a better operating system for working with servers. If anything it is good that they are using it!

:-/


But why do they provide OSs like Server2008 then???  :-? ;)

Re: OS used by Microsoft

PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:40 am
by machineman9
I don't see the funny side... Linux is just a better operating system for working with servers. If anything it is good that they are using it!

:-/


But why do they provide OSs like Server2008 then???

Re: OS used by Microsoft

PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:05 am
by Ravang
Microsoft doesn't own the servers, they just developed the website. The servers they are using to host the site is owned by Akamai Technologies.
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/hosted?netname=EU-AKAMAI-20071113,92.122.0.0,92.123.255.255

Re: OS used by Microsoft

PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:05 am
by HarvesteR
Even so, very funny!! ;D ;D ;D

This raises a question: I wonder if EVERY SINGLE computer at MS headquarters is running Windows  ::)

hmm..

Cheers

Re: OS used by Microsoft

PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:33 am
by machineman9
[quote]Even so, very funny!! ;D ;D ;D

This raises a question: I wonder if EVERY SINGLE computer at MS headquarters is running Windows