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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Software => Topic started by: Paladin9 on 17 March 2004, 08:14

Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: Paladin9 on 17 March 2004, 08:14
Does anyone know what OS microsoft uses for their web site?  I noticed that apple.com on the bottom of the homepage, it says "powered by OSX server".  What does MS use for their site?  I doubt it is a microsoft os.
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: skyman8081 on 17 March 2004, 08:55
IIS 6.0 on windows server 2003, behind an akami (completely different company) caching server, running linux.

not sure it they are using that right now though.
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: Paladin9 on 17 March 2004, 21:04
If they really use windows, then why dont they say so like apple does?
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: skyman8081 on 17 March 2004, 21:06
They

Dont

Care
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: Paladin9 on 17 March 2004, 21:10
How do you know what they use for a server?
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: skyman8081 on 17 March 2004, 21:11
netcraft

www.netcraft.com (http://www.netcraft.com)
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: Paladin9 on 17 March 2004, 21:29
Well I'll be damned...
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: WMD on 18 March 2004, 00:35
quote:
Originally posted by Sauron The Deceiver:
IIS 6.0 on windows server 2003, behind an akami (completely different company) caching server, running linux.

not sure it they are using that right now though.


I think they shut off the cacheing, since Netcraft was providing hilarious "Microsoft.com is running on Linux" pages.  :D
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: theangelofdeath69 on 21 March 2004, 13:39
No, Akamai still hosts the site...

> ping www.microsoft.com (http://www.microsoft.com)

Pinging www2.microsoft.akadns.net [207.46.244.188] with 32 bytes of data:
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: WMD on 28 April 2004, 04:56
quote:
Originally posted by The Dark Lord Kaltemar:
No, Akamai still hosts the site...

> ping www.microsoft.com (http://www.microsoft.com)

Pinging www2.microsoft.akadns.net [207.46.244.188] with 32 bytes of data:


I just tried that, indeed, you're right.

And all 4 packets timed out.  :D

I guess Netcraft just manually changes it.
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: KernelPanic on 28 April 2004, 05:15
Microsoft have always dropped ICMP.
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: WMD on 28 April 2004, 05:47
Maybe their ping timings were/are lousy.  (http://redface.gif)
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: Siplus on 28 April 2004, 06:02
i think they used BSD awhile ago for some of their other sites. hotmail i know they did, maybe msn?
Title: microsoft.com server
Post by: Paladin9 on 28 April 2004, 07:52
How sad is it, that sometimes MS can not use there own NOS?