I'm probably not the first one to notice this, but...

[darkrose0510]

I'm probably not the first one to notice this, but it was amusing anyway.

2am and I'm bored, hmm, lets run nmap on Bing

bing uses akamai http mirroring

the mirror servers run Linux

In other words, Microsoft uses Linux to speed up their websites.

[dmengo]

This was debunked a while ago. Microsoft’s web servers are IIS 7.

With that said, Microsoft doesn't yet have their own competing CDN product like the one made by Akamai.

I've heard some rumors they might be working on one. But then why reinvent the wheel if someone else already has a solution?

[darkrose0510]

de·bunk (d-bngk)
tr.v. de·bunked, de·bunk·ing, de·bunks
To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of

There's no falseness to it, while the core servers do run IIS, the content is served from a Linux server.

[dmengo]

My apology. I misread what you wrote.

This was noticed by bloggers when Bing was first released. At the time, users were spreading misinformation that Microsoft was running Linux for their web servers.

I'm sure that Microsoft uses a lot of technology products they didn't invent themselves.

[oz]

In other words, Microsoft uses Linux to speed up their websites.

Who can blame them? They know a great thing when they see it, even if they are very reluctant to publicly admit that Linux is so great!

[Lazydog]