> it's the fact that they picked a language that at the time really only ran on Windows, and as a consequence they were forced into running their web servers on Windows.
If the founders and early employees were from Microsoft it might have been easier for them to use Windows Server since they were already pretty well versed in Windows development.
It's a pattern I constantly see: "Why did your startup use X instead of Y?"
"Ohh well X has this feature that Y lacks and so and so... ohh and the founder and his friend were pretty good at X and used it before."
If the founders and early employees were from Microsoft it might have been easier for them to use Windows Server since they were already pretty well versed in Windows development.
It's a pattern I constantly see: "Why did your startup use X instead of Y?"
"Ohh well X has this feature that Y lacks and so and so... ohh and the founder and his friend were pretty good at X and used it before."