From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 28 04:24:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA26234 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 04:24:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from isbalham.ist.co.uk (isbalham.ist.co.uk [192.31.26.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA26221 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 04:24:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gid.co.uk (uucp@localhost) by isbalham.ist.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.4) with UUCP id MAA06786 for freebsd.org!hackers; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:23:22 +0100 (BST) Received: from [194.32.164.2] by seagoon.gid.co.uk; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:14:45 +0100 (BST) X-Sender: rb@194.32.164.1 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:18:32 +0100 To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Bob Bishop Subject: Wow! Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Solaris calls Hotmail shots for Microsoft > > Microsoft has decided to get the hots for Sun and is using Solaris to > run its acclaimed Hotmail web-based e-mail service instead of NT. > > The software giant has attempted to exchange the Sun/Solaris > infrastructure of Hotmail with NT since buying it in December 1997. > However, the demands of supporting 10 million users reportedly proved > too great for NT, and Solaris was reinstated. > > In a leaked report, sources close to Hotmail said: "... its whole mail > server infrastructure is Solaris. NT couldn't handle it. On the web > server, they're running MP Pentiums and Apache on FreeBSD. They're ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > moving to Solaris for threads. The engineering team did its best to run ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > NT - and failed. The issue's being escalated." > > Hotmail is running Apache's /1.2.1 web server which is not available for > NT due to technical difficulties. A statement on Apache's website > states: "The road to Windows NT has not been a pretty one. Several > attempts have been made, both by Apache Group members and outside folks, > but due to a lack of stability and a clear consensus on how to manage a > true cross-platform development project, NT is not yet a standard > platform supported by Apache." > > Microsoft is currently recruiting engineers for Hotmail, but NT > specialists need not apply. Hotmail's website lists vacancies for an > operations software engineer and a QA engineer - and the common > requirement is for Unix experience. > > Judy Gibbons, director of the Microsoft Network, was unaware of the > hardware behind Hotmail, but said: "We looked at all the on-line mail > services and Hotmail was far and away the best. It has the most proven > and scalable architecture." > > First appeared in Network News, 22-April - 1998 -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message