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GoDaddy.com Dumps Linux for Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the say-it-aint-so dept.

RobertB-DC writes "Bargain-basement registrar GoDaddy.com has decided to move all its parked domains to Microsoft servers, saying that they'll provide 'a technology platform that is security-enhanced, highly scalable and easy to manage.' This is a shift away from Linux, a decision met with derision by other registrars such as Gandi.net, which greeted the news with the headline 'Go Daddy and never come back'. Late last year, GoDaddy.com had some 'issues', shall we say, with non-Microsoft browsers."

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  1. Re:Incredible! by btbytes · · Score: 0, Redundant

    get it right...
    its Gandhi and not Ghandi as you have written.
    see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi

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    http://btbytes.com - bytes of Bangalore, Technology and open source
  2. Re:Glib Ignorrance by M-G · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So, if Linux is "more secure, faster and easier to manage", why would any company decide to drop this "cheaper solution" in favor of Microsoft's? Why are they saying that it is secure and actually easier to manage? Why do they think that they will cut costs or be better off with Windows than with the free solution?

    Probably because MS gave them huge incentives to do so for the purposes of a nice press release and case study.