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There are plenty of large systems built on on MS technology apart from the MS ecosystem (Bing, Live, MSN, Skype) there's GoDadday, Just-Eat, Monster, PlentyOfFi

by ig1 13y ago

There are plenty of large systems built on on MS technology apart from the MS ecosystem (Bing, Live, MSN, Skype) there's GoDadday, Just-Eat, Monster, PlentyOfFish, etc. However realistically most startup founders are going to build a startup using the programming language they know or one that is particularly suited to the platform (i.e Objective-C for iOS), and few startup founders come from .Net backgrounds and even fewer choose to stick with that language.

adamnemecek 13y ago
Stackoverflow as well.
- notatoad 13y ago
  that one probably doesn't need mentioning, as question posed in the article was "does anybody other than stackexchange use MS"
samspenc 13y ago
I heard Hotmail (now Outlook.com?) runs on Linux servers?
- tanzam75 13y ago
  > I heard Hotmail (now Outlook.com?) runs on Linux servers? No, Hotmail runs on Windows. Before it was ported to Windows in 2000-2001, it ran on FreeBSD. Not Linux.
  - hga 13y ago
    That would be the front end; as I recall, the back end was Solaris running Oracle. (I tried to confirm my memory but the obvious keywords do not give good results with Google.)
    - ams6110 13y ago
      Hotmail started out as a unix-based system. Microsoft bought it, and over a period of years moved it all to Windows. I would be stunned if there's any unix, linux, bsd, or oracle left at this point.
      - hga 13y ago
        Yeah, we're pretty sure the back end has been converted as well. It was amusing to watch their first effort to convert the front end fail, then when they got it right, for a while people were watching as more and more of the front end machines were switched over.
cglace 13y ago
ExactTarget is also built on MS technology.
vyrotek 13y ago
I guess that makes me and our company unique. Started over 3 years ago on the .Net platform and have no reasons to consider switching. The BizSpark program and Azure services are great for startups.

by ig1 13y ago

adamnemecek 13y ago

Stackoverflow as well.

notatoad 13y ago
that one probably doesn't need mentioning, as question posed in the article was "does anybody other than stackexchange use MS"

samspenc 13y ago

I heard Hotmail (now Outlook.com?) runs on Linux servers?

tanzam75 13y ago
> I heard Hotmail (now Outlook.com?) runs on Linux servers? No, Hotmail runs on Windows. Before it was ported to Windows in 2000-2001, it ran on FreeBSD. Not Linux.
- hga 13y ago
  That would be the front end; as I recall, the back end was Solaris running Oracle. (I tried to confirm my memory but the obvious keywords do not give good results with Google.)
  - ams6110 13y ago
    Hotmail started out as a unix-based system. Microsoft bought it, and over a period of years moved it all to Windows. I would be stunned if there's any unix, linux, bsd, or oracle left at this point.
    - hga 13y ago
      Yeah, we're pretty sure the back end has been converted as well. It was amusing to watch their first effort to convert the front end fail, then when they got it right, for a while people were watching as more and more of the front end machines were switched over.

cglace 13y ago

ExactTarget is also built on MS technology.

vyrotek 13y ago

I guess that makes me and our company unique. Started over 3 years ago on the .Net platform and have no reasons to consider switching. The BizSpark program and Azure services are great for startups.