MySpace runs on IIS? Really?

Re:MySpace runs on IIS? Really? by mpc on Wednesday August 29, 2007 @08:33AM (#47807)

We're using .net, which has worked out good for us. Yes, the default settings are designed to lower the bar for IT shops to build apps easily. If you know what you're doing, you can avoid the muck and get right to the extensive and powerful features.

Our configuration....

- Lots of JS, homegrown ajax framework that extends YUI

- asp.net but with custom controls that we wrote

- custom http handlers take care of the call backs

- deployed on apache with mod_mono. mysql db

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Re:MySpace runs on IIS? Really? by ratsbane on Wednesday August 29, 2007 @10:12AM (#47821)

Why did your group even decide to use .Net at all? You seem to have avoided a lot of the traps of .Net by avoiding a lot of what actually comprises .Net. Are you running on Windows servers?

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Re:MySpace runs on IIS? Really? by mpc on Wednesday August 29, 2007 @10:32AM (#47827)

There are a number of reasons.

- The server, db, and xml APIs are great

- We really love the c# language

- We're already experts with the technology

.net is more than just the default settings for asp.net. Using any platform "as-is" will get you into problems.

We essentially have our own framework, with .net as the foundation.

ps - We're deploying on linux with apache and mod_mono

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