Actually netcraft shows they are running Windows 2000 http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?mode_u=off&mode_w=on&site=www.hotmail.c om&submit=Examine
They used FreeBSD when MS bought them, and for a while after that, there were rumors that they tried switching to NT and it failed big time, but either they have fixed those problems in Windows 2000, or they switched the response from the FreeBSD server to say its running IIS on 2000. -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Falloon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 5:26 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Networksolutions using CFM hahaha I used netcraft to lookup hotmail and it's running apache on FreeBSD! http://www.netcraft.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 7:19 AM Subject: RE: Networksolutions using CFM > > > > didn't hotmail run off unix for a long time... > > Same deal. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. > > > > I rememeber reading in Wired that MS tried to force NT down their > throats, and the coders had to fight back like heck to prevent it... or > hold off the conversion as long as possible. Not sure what ended up > happening though. > > -RC > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
