I've been using Netcraft.com for a long time.. maybe 6 or 7 years now? I go there sometimes to check up on sites that I'm interested in to see what O/S they're running on, check on online stores, and check on web hosts to see if their customers really are getting that great uptime they expected..

So I came across this report that macworldexpo.com is running on a windows box. I just have to chuckle..

Ironically, their uptime isn't bad at all... except during that little keynote.

And they aren't just running on a M$ box.. they're all into it.. with SQL and ASP .NET .. wonder why they aren't using something from Apple? Or using open source alternatives? People do use MySQL and PHP on M$ boxes.. oh.. wait.. I get it now.. see that thing crashed and burned during the keynote... and if it WERE running on an OSX server and all that then it would be a bit emberrasing, right? This way if it fails it's easy to point to it and say "see.. that M$ stuff is junk".. nah, much more likely that IDG just doesn't give a flip what that site is running on. wink