based on a recent article on MySpace blaming the microsoft stack not being able to easily scale here.
Is this true? Is scaling an app built on the microsoft stack (asp.net mvc here) nearly impossible? does php/LAMP really scale better than microsoft?
Yes. The Microsoft stack can scale just fine.
You just have to have the right set of skills to do the job. Unfortunately MySpace didn’t have the proper resources (or access to the proper resources because of physical location, according to their article) and they’re blaming the technology stack.