Microsoft Bing Running on Linux

Interestingly, Microsoft Bing is using Akamai, which provides CDN services that runs on Linux (See live link). Ironic? Maybe. It's really a case of business (choosing the best CDN provider) versus choosing to support their own in-house technology (Windows).

In this case, it just so happens that Bing as a search engine absolutely has to have a solid network, otherwise they'll fail to compete effectively. The best case for Microsoft would be to choose a CDN provider that supports Windows, but it probably is because there's currently none that matches the size of Akamai. Hence, the forced irony.

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