> > > > I don't think so. Large corporations have strict guidelines and > > specifications that their vendors need to follow. These may include: > > > > * software with exact version > > * coding guidelines > > * documentation guidelines > > * brand guidelines for logo placements, selection of fonts, selection of > > colours etc. (Microsoft has a 3kg glossy printed book detailing each one of > > these) > > > > So, Microsoft, theoretically, has full control over what their vendors do. > > It's a different matter, that in this case they're not exercising it, > > sounds like blind assumption to me. > > as Ashish already pointed out, most of this content stuff is from > akamai, which run Linux and Bsd across the board.
It is nevertheless interesting that a company that sells operating systems for servers and web server software, does not/cannot get its own website hosted on their own software. After all, in principle, they could go to another vendor who will host their website on their platform!! Vikas _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
