Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 23:04:32 -0700 From: Jonathan & Charmane Frazier <sttng@lonetree.com> To: Tom <tom@sdf.com> Cc: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net>, "Jonathan C. Frazier" <wolfman@csocs.com>, Stanley Hopcroft <Stanley.Hopcroft@IPAustralia.Gov.AU>, FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Performance of FreeBSD and MS Windows. What about select() andmemorymanagement etc ? Message-ID: <38A10370.E2250D1D@lonetree.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002082055280.4244-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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Nope, I am correct. Microsoft used Redhat for a long time for their web servers also, not just hotmail. I'm not sure what they are running now, but you used to be able to go to linus.microsoft.com and see the redhat/apache "successful installation" page. I found it quite amusing to say the least. Solaris is being used exclusively on hotmail, NT couldn't handle it. Tom wrote: > > >> 1. Microsoft itself uses a combination of Solaris and Redhat machines to > > >> run their own network (web pages and mail included) > > > I think he's talking about www.hotmail.com. Is it just me? Or do others > > get painful headaches when they go to www.microsoft.com, the site runs like > > crap, always slow, and you can never find anything easily, not to mention > > those stupid automated download/install programs!! > > I don't think either. AFAIK, there are no RedHat systems on > hotmail.com. It is all FreeBSD and Solaris. Microsoft has recently > advertised for FreeBSD Admins to work at Hotmail. > > Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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