Microsoft also knows windows server sucks, according to netcraft lol :)

[eragon100]

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=download.microsoft.com

You would expect microsoft to run microsoft windows server on their on own servers, now wouldn't you? :lolflag:

[bimmerd00d]

something tells me it is runnign IIS on Linux? What?

[Moustacha]

er........how?

[Delever]

Forgive my ignorance, but how IIS can work on Linux?

[Mathiasdm]

This is simply because they asked Akamai to do load balancing for them, and the Akamai servers run Linux.
The Microsoft servers do run IIS on Windows.

[Chame_Wizard]

the irony :lolflag:

[bimmerd00d]

Forgive my ignorance, but how IIS can work on Linux?

Just what it says in the link the OP posted. unless i'm reading it wrong.

[Dr. C]

This has been happening for quite a while. Basically Microsoft is running IIS on Windows Server but the Windows Servers are behind GNU / Linux firewalls they contracted out to an outside party, so from outside the firewall it looks like IIS is running on GNU / Linux.

One could argue that Microsoft fears their Windows Server boxes are going to be hacked so they hide behind GNU / Linux firewalls for protection.