Microsoft uses linux

[Matt]

Hi, Recently Microsoft has heavily critisised linux for being unsecure etc...

I was just doing a trace on them, because i wondered who or if they have a host and it turns out that they do and the servers run on Linux!

Here is the proof

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.bing.com

[Nick]

thats weird cause all other microsoft sites use windows.

[Kevin]

Yes, Windows Server 2008 for the rest of Microsoft. Odd.

[David]

Linux is great for webservers, I couldn't imagine not having to CHMOD my files!

[Nelson]

Everything I know is a lie D:
Strange, as Microsoft uses Windows for everything else...

[pkdemon]

well i mean it would be hard for me to decide on linux or windows because i got use for both of them

linux i use for hosting and the windows i use for private game servers

so i mean i could use them both

[Kevin]

I actually like Windows file permissions. You get (imo) much more control over the permissions of individual files.

[Nelson]

Strange, bing.com and http://www.bing.com are assigned to two different IP addresses.

www.bing.com = Linux Server
bing.com = Windows Server

[Kevin]

I would guess that the linux servers don't actually serve the content but rather link the internal windows servers to DNS.

[Nick]

Thats probably right Kevin, linux handles dns wayyy better than windows.