Microsoft Switches to Linux

[Dre G.]

from your link

In the absence of windowsupdate.com the first stop of incoming requests
was the Akamai caching service which Microsoft uses. This runs on Linux,
hence Netcraft report a Linux host, but behind this the Microsoft
servers were still operational, hence the report of Microsoft IIS
running on Linux. So Microsoft isn't running Windows Update on Linux,
and although it's using a service provider that runs on Linux, those
services are still fielding back to Windows 2003 servers, clear?

so what helped protect the windows network (to a point) ?
a provider that runs what? did I hear linux? yes...

I guess I should have stated my point a little more clearly.
heh
The picture they paint just is not so.
Its not the all inclusive wonder package
Uber secure faster and cheaper. 

linux has the ability to be flexible and diverse so people are more apt
in the security area to work with it whereas they are not with windows..

On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 09:46, admin at kclinux.net wrote:
> Let's put the urban legend to rest already.. sheesh
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32385.html
> 
> Linux running IIS 6 should of tipped some people off in the first place.
> 
> > Well the big deal is the last time I went to a show that MS
> > co-sponsored I was told that IIS6 is 23423423423423234324234 times
> > faster then any other webserver on the market. AND, it was more secure,
> > hacker proof etc. HAHHAHHAH.
> > ya sure ok, then use it exclusively to protect yourself,, wait.. you
> > cant.....................
> > ALL the diff OS's have thier place,, MS just tends to LIE a bit about
> > most things.
> >
> > Is that any different then alot of other companies? No, but they get
> > caught and NOT punished alot, leaves a bad taste in my mouth for sure.
> >
> >
> > dre
> >
> >
> >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 02:11:06PM -0500, Paul Thompson wrote:
> >>>
> http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/08/17/wwwmicrosoftcom_runs_linux_up_
> to_a_point_.html
> >>
> >> okaaaaaay... so the contract out some webserving to Akamai, one of the
> >> big content delivery companys that uses linux deployments in places...
> >> What's the big deal?
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> >> modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security
> >> of being identified with the majority...Human salvation lies in the
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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Dre G. <enabled at linuxjunkies.com>