Warning - Potentially Expensive virus!!

External Since: Sep 19, 2003 Posts: 3499

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:11:16 +0100, Toby Inkster
<usenet200504.DeleteThis@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:

> Kerry wrote:
>
  >> I once read they said that [Microsoft] also use *nix at times "because
  >> it's so robust" Is that true?
>
> Microsoft once produced and sold their own version of Unix -- it was
> called Xenix. They abandoned that circa Windows NT though.
>
> When Microsoft bought Hotmail back in 1997, Hotmail was of course a
> Unix shop, running FreeBSD/Apache web servers, Solaris file servers and
> mail servers, but using NT boxes with Microsoft SQL to keep the members
> directory.
>
> This was rather an embarrasment for Microsoft, so a few years later they
> decided to switch them all over to Windows 2000 and IIS 5.0. There is an
> internal Microsoft document detailing the transition here:
>
  > http://www.securityoffice.net/mssecrets/hotmail.html

very interesting read - thanks

> It doesn't paint a pretty picture for Windows as a server platform. I
> believe that some of the criticisms in this report though were actioned
> upon in Windows 2003, so perhaps there is hope for Microsoft yet.

yep - the most significant is that NLB is now available with 'server'
version of WS3 - 'advanced' is not required.

the IIS metabase is much less obscure, though not yet tranparent enough
IMHO

--
Rover Cars - RIP. Let the asset stripping begin.

External Since: Apr 14, 2005 Posts: 18

> You're right Ben, but I'm not in my office where I download all my email and
> do most of my work with RH Linux. Only when necessary, I use Windose. Since
> I've been away and relying on a Windows pc this will be the third time I've
> had to reload it in 5 months.
>

I agree I am linux person. It runs and runs and never have
to reinstall it like some other OS every other month.
I don't worry about virus and don't have adware and
spyware to deal with. Also, my linux "seems" faster than
other compatible machines running windows possibly
due to them being full of adware and spyware slowing them
down.

I have got everything that I use to do in windows now
installed and working under linux so I have no use
or need to go back to windows.

my two cents