www.microsoft.com is like 96 NT severs (Quad Pentium Pro 200 Mhz Compaq's with 512 mb ram) giving them triple redundancy. Actually, that wasn't fair, 24 of those servers are SQL boxes, (It's all super leet ASP you know) most of the rest run IIS. A true sign of a efficient OS.
This is not FUD... There is an enlighting article somewhere on www.microsft.com that describes the "technology" behind the site. (I read the URL in col.advocacy, do a dejanews search if you want to be amused) Quite embarrsing if you ask me.
(ok so maybe it was "only" 76 NT servers, still a ton of them tough)
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Since Ayn Rand herself would disapprove of Linux, i find a little bit weird that their very own web site runs on it. REALLY WEIRD.
= www.aynrand.com&port=80
See for yourself: http://www.netcraft.com/cgi-bin/Survey/whats?host
Maybe they needed a reliable web server that actually works?
The preaching on microsoft.aynrand.com is an interesting read. Then again, it lies in the nature of Objectivists that they are easily bought.
"As for Ayn Rand, she can blow me"
g0.
www.microsoft.com is like 96 NT severs (Quad Pentium Pro 200 Mhz Compaq's with 512 mb ram) giving them triple redundancy. Actually, that wasn't fair, 24 of those servers are SQL boxes, (It's all super leet ASP you know) most of the rest run IIS. A true sign of a efficient OS.
This is not FUD... There is an enlighting article somewhere on www.microsft.com that describes the "technology" behind the site. (I read the URL in col.advocacy, do a dejanews search if you want to be amused) Quite embarrsing if you ask me.
(ok so maybe it was "only" 76 NT servers, still a ton of them tough)
g0 (Their firewall is a single Unix box)