# Microsoft Is Using Linux To Protect Its Own Web Site

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-using-linux-to-protect-its-own-web-site/197279>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 24, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-using-linux-to-protect-its-own-web-site/197279 "2003-08-24T04:41:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Read\_Neck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Read\_Neck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Read_Neck)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-using-linux-to-protect-its-own-web-site/197279/1 "2003-08-24T04:41:56Z")

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[Damn,I bet this is embarassing.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1817&e=7&u=/cmp/13100775&sid=96120750)

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**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-using-linux-to-protect-its-own-web-site/197279/2 "2003-08-24T04:46:15Z")

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So they’re using Akamai’s distribution network to help people avoid being affected by a virus. Who gives a shit? Allowing users to protect themselves is more important than finding a service like Akamai that runs on Windows (AFAIK, none exists).

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**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-using-linux-to-protect-its-own-web-site/197279/3 "2003-08-24T06:25:13Z")

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What does this have to do with Linux at all? THey have a vendor who provides a service-Caching, mirroring, and now anti-DOS measures. Do you really think they care what OS they’re using?

Sam

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-using-linux-to-protect-its-own-web-site/197279/4 "2003-08-24T06:53:16Z")

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I’m sure Microsoft contracts with dozens of vendors who use Linux to run part of their business. This is a pretty petty thing to carp on them about.

I wonder if Intel is still using Macs to run their chip-fabs, though… 😃

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**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-using-linux-to-protect-its-own-web-site/197279/5 "2003-08-24T07:19:58Z")

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let the ignorance rain down !!

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-using-linux-to-protect-its-own-web-site/197279/6 "2003-08-24T13:14:25Z")

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In unrelated news, Hotmail is run using Apache. Which is open source.

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**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-is-using-linux-to-protect-its-own-web-site/197279/7 "2003-08-24T13:38:50Z")

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Hotmail was originally run by a bunch of guys with BSD machines, not MS. MS bought them out. I understand they run a cluster of partly \*NIX, partly MS machines for mail.