Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 06:26:09 +1000 (EST) From: atrn@zeta.org.au To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hotmail/NT issue ... Message-ID: <199909202026.GAA01686@ska.bsn> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909201043060.66830-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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> Awhile back, when M$ first bought out Hotmail, they tried to switch it > over to NT and it failed...couldn't kep the servers stable or something to > that effect... > > Or, at least, I *seem* to remember that... > > Now, I can't find anything on it :( Does anyone have any references I can > use for an argument against using NT on a high-load server? There was a post to comp.os.linux.advocacy many months ago from an alleged hotmail employee denying all claims that they attempted to switch to NT. The usual archive(s) may have a copy if you look hard enough. This may not be what you want (you're trying to convince people why NT shouldn't be used right?) but it may be closer to the truth than the alleged attempted conversion. But then again MS have had Hotmail for long enough now that they may have tried. It would be useful for them to attempt to run such a service with their flagship OS so they really may have attempted to move it. I doubt it could do it but they could try nonetheless. -- Andy Newman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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