[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Microsoft was basically forced into this because they're having performance
issues with windowsupdate.microsoft.com - having all 750 million Windows users
download the patch for MS03-026 through one pipe really sucks. It must have
stuck in their craw to sign the contract, as Akamai is a Linux-oid box.... :)


Microsoft has been using Akamai for at least several months. I believe they engaged them after a spate of DDoS attacks against their servers.

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