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How IBM (and Open Source) Won eBay

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the battle-of-good-v-evil dept.

DemonBrew wrote to us with a new article in Business2 how IBM beat MSFT, Sun, BEA Systems to win the contract for the new eBay. Cool part is that it's based on Websphere, which has major open source components.

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  1. Cowards.... by alexborges · · Score: 0, Troll

    Id bet that a

    PHP+APACHE+MYSQL

    Might have proven much cheaper/better than the crappy websphere (ive tested it, used it and hate it).

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  2. Answer me t his by cscx · · Score: 0, Troll

    So... what was wrong with the IIS implementation in the first place? eBay is fast and works perfectly. And I don't want to hear that "IIS is insecure" bullshit; IIS is insecure in its default configuration, but not after you lock it down properly. I'm pretty sure that eBay has the resources to hire some good IIS admins. As for the backend, eBay wasn't even scripted... their main application was an in-process C++ MFC app. That equals even more speed. Combine that with IIS and you have a compact, scalable, fast web platform. And I bet they base their back database on Oracle, so that's taken care of in the MFC connector as well. Has the current implementation of eBay ever crashed? No.

    WebSphere = shit. I remember the old versions of it; they probably need a gig of RAM just to run at a decent speed!! Shit, I bet server boxes that run WebSphere come with giant primer handles to jumpstart the mofo, it's so bloated. And they're gonna rewrite the whole thing in java servlets now, for "performance"?? Puh-leeze.

    "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!"