Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 07:33:05 +1100 From: Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com> To: Bill Hamilton <billh@finsco.com> Cc: Loren Siebert <loren@siebert.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd use on microsoft site Message-ID: <19990223073305.A1393@corp.au.triax.com> In-Reply-To: <36D1B9D7.744EDC7A@finsco.com> References: <001f01be5e37$9ff81340$58eb18d1@vip.best.com> <19990222190151.A9309@corp.au.triax.com> <36D1B9D7.744EDC7A@finsco.com>
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 at 14:11:03 -0600, Bill Hamilton wrote: > >From the FAQ on www.winfiles.com : > > "Is this site run by Microsoft? > No. WinFiles.com is not officially affiliated with Microsoft > Corporation in any way. It is an independent Web site run by an > independent group of individuals." > Eh? Who was talking about winfiles? I directed him to the Kirch paper because I assumed the "high volume" Microsoft site he was talking about was Hotmail (owned by Microsoft) and runs on FreeBSD and Solaris. From the Kirch paper.. Hotmail, The Microsoft Corporation This free Web-based e-mail service runs a mixture of Sun Solaris and FreeBSD. Apache 1.2.1 is the Web server software. After Microsoft purchased the company in December 1997, they tried to migrate to NT, but ". . . the demands of supporting 10 million users reportedly proved too great for NT, and Solaris was reinstated." Also, AFAIK winfiles.com runs BSD/OS, not FreeBSD. > Jim Mock wrote: > > > > On Sun, 21 Feb 1999 at 23:47:40 -0800, Loren Siebert wrote: > > > Hey- > > > I swear I saw some article or something that mentioned how MSFT > > > uses FreeBSD to host one of their high volume sites. If this is > > > true, could you please point me to the article? > > > > > > > http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/kirch/ > > -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | The FreeBSD' zine : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsdzine.org/ : : FreeBSD: The Power To Serve | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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