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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.
> 
>   No you are wrong.  Just because there is a Linux install somewhere
> within *.microsoft.com means very little.  www.microsoft.com is NT, and
> always has been NT.  That is a known fact.
> 
>   hotmail is not exclusively Solaris.  They use a FreeBSD and Solaris mix.
> This is well known too, and Microsoft has stated this publicly several
> times.

For the non-believers in the crowd check out this link: 
http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=www.hotmail.com


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