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> 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

• 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.