Amazon uses Linux. eBay uses Windows. But what OSs and webservers run Web 2.0? We tested 17 of our favorites and found out. The script is included below to check for yourself.
http://www.venturecake.com/web-20-is-built-on-open-source/
Linux is pretty much it for Web 2.0 startups. Which Linux? Digg tell us they run Debian, it seems MobiTV run Red Hat, but we’re not sure about the rest. Comment below if you know.
For the web server, Apache’s still massive but surprisingly LigHTTPd is as popular amongst Web 2.0 startups as it is hard to spell. If you’re wondering, Mongrel is a web server built for Ruby.