Microsoft Invests in Linux Based Architecture
You may have read in the news that Microsoft has invested $240m (£117m) in social networking site Facebook.
Fear not freedom loving pals, as facebook runs on a Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP based infrastructure!
Indeed, despite the other major social networking site Myspace, running on a Windows Server 2003, SQL Server backend, MS still chooses facebook for its social networking investment.
So, you heard it here first folks. If you want to invest a few million quid of your own money in a venture, but are worried about a shaky infrastructure, follow Microsoft’s lead. Invest in Linux!
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October 25th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
[...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptMicrosoft Invests in Linux Based Architecture October 25th, 2007 You may have read in the news that Microsoft has invested $240m (£117m) in social networking site Facebook. Fear not freedom loving pals, as facebook runs on a Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP based infrastructure! Indeed, despite the other major social networking site Myspace, [...]
October 25th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
They’ll probably move it to a Windows Server, as they did when they acquired hotmail
October 25th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
That’s the funny thing though. MS’s $240m only bought them 1.6% of the business. Other than helping place facebook’s value at $15 billion, that doesn’t buy them enough influence to force massive infrastructure change.