Many Microsoft servers are powered by Linuxsearchdns.netcraft.com 3 pointslawlit15 years ago5 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−komapc15yAFAIK, the servers itself are all-microsoft, most brobably netcraft.com is confused by load-balancers (akamai or something similar)−thirsteh15yThe "Linux" servers are Akamai's.−laserDinosaur15yThis has been going on since windows NT launched (as in, that's when people first found out). They just outsource a lot of their website load to external hosts who run Linux.−mnml_15yAkamai isn't Msft they just have subdomains pointed to it−lawlitOP15yTalking about "dogfooding" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food
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AFAIK, the servers itself are all-microsoft, most brobably netcraft.com is confused by load-balancers (akamai or something similar)
The "Linux" servers are Akamai's.
This has been going on since windows NT launched (as in, that's when people first found out). They just outsource a lot of their website load to external hosts who run Linux.
Akamai isn't Msft they just have subdomains pointed to it
Talking about "dogfooding" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food