Methinks the Microsoft doth protest too much!
The usual method for quashing rumours is to make precise statements
which contradict them. Spewing feel-good platitudes that are vaguely
relevant is a sure sign of guilt!
>FACTS
>
>* Hotmail is the fastest growing e-mail service in the history of the
> industry. [...]
And it has been since long before M$ bought them. Yeah, so what?
>* Solaris is one of several operating systems in use. So is Windows NT Server.
The difference being that Solaris (and NetBSD) are running the show.
>* Hotmail was designed to be a massively scalable Web site. [...]
Which is why they chose Unix.
>* Long term, Hotmail is committed to moving to Windows NT Server. [...]
Sure. That's why they have been committed to Unix since day one.
I don't suppose M$ makes them say this in the hope that in the distant
future Windows might be up to the task?
> However, wholesale migration to Windows NT Server has not yet
> been attempted. [...]
The operative word being "wholesale". A partial migration was
attempted and failed which is why they gave up on it.
>* Significant planning and preparation are required to migrate a 24X7
> operation. [...]
So what? This applies when migrating to another system than can
handle it, which is not the case here.
>* Microsoft's e-mail servers offer scalable webbased e-mail solutions.
Not scalable enough to be a solution in this case, apparently.
>* Microsoft Commercial Internet System is a highly scalable Windows NT
> Server based platform [...]
Not scalable enough to be a solution in this case, apparently.
>* Windows NT Server is a true multipurpose operating system. [...]
Bwa ha ha! Did't they say that of DOS not long ago?
As we say in France «Il n'y a que la vérité qui blesse», "Only the
truth hurts", so if they bother to get worked up about this it's
because the "rumours" touched home.
Rob.