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From: Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: hotmail converted from freeBSD
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HotMail is owned by Microsoft, and the fact that
HotMail was using a non-MS operating system was a
source of embarrassment for them.

Andrew Gould

--- Mark Giglio <markgiglio@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi i heard this happened and one of their main
> business drivers was that "The cgi
> "one-process-per-socket" model, under FreeBSD, is
> very
> inefficient."
> 
> I am interested in FreeBSD and how it compares to
> other systems like win2000, esp because I would like
> to build a big powerful super computer and am
> investigating options for my os.
> 
> first of all, (please humbly pardon my ignorance)
> what
> does the comment re sockets mean.  secondly, is this
> true about bsd.  and thirdly, can it be improved, or
> is it a property of cgi and fixed?
> 
> the source article is at 
>
http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/migration/hotmail/default.asp
> 
> if it is not true, then surely there is no need to
> migrate to Win2000 at all ....
> 
> Thanks for you time.
> Mark
> 
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