The media is full of news about Google and Microsoft heading on a collision course. Although it started several months back, things are heading for an technology arms race. Microsoft hates competition, and Google has been gaining ground and promoting rival products, such as Firefox and Opera. All this is normal in the business world. What is not normal in view of all this, is that Google Store is running Windows and IIS, and the application on it is ASP. Google Store is where they sell the Google Mini for $1,995 as well as normal branded gifts (T-shirts, ...etc.)And in case you are wondering, this is definitely a Google site, registered by Google, and using Google's DNS. Here is the whois data:
Registrant: Google Inc. (DOM-258921) 2400 E. Bayshore Pkwy Mountain View CA 94043 US Domain Name: googlestore.com Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com Administrative Contact: DNS Admin (NIC-1340142) Google Inc. 2400 E. Bayshore Pkwy Mountain View CA 94043 US +1.6503300100 Fax- +1.6506181499 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: DNS Admin (NIC-1340144) Google Inc. 2400 E. Bayshore Pkwy Mountain View CA 94043 US +1.6503300100 Fax- +1.6506181499 Created on..............: 1999-Sep-15. Expires on..............: 2006-Sep-15. Record last updated on..: 2005-Aug-23 11:54:45. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.GOOGLE.COM NS2.GOOGLE.COM NS3.GOOGLE.COM NS4.GOOGLE.COM
And here is the server data:
Server Type: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 IP Address: 216.15.191.150 IP Location: Missouri - St. Louis - Gatewaycdi
It may well be an outsourced operation, but Google runs a store for others (Google Base), and it does not look good if they continue to run their site on a rival product.
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