> On Jan 2, 2004, at 10:31 AM, Joe Abley wrote: > > On 2 Jan 2004, at 10:44, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote: > > > >>> - run on Windows, > >>> Oops, I see your problem. No self-respecting network operator runs any > >>> M$W boxen as an MTA, so Templin is an imposter/troll. > >> > >> This isnt true, the majority run Windows (at least thats what I see in > >> various meetings and from the user-agent headers) > > > > I'm not arguing with your conclusion, but your reasoning is a little > > broken. Only a small proportion of the nanog list membership attend > > meetings, and those that do don't necessarily provide a representative > > distribution (of any kind). > > > > Similarly, the user-agent headers you see are from people on nanog-post; I > > am told the nanog list is much bigger.
Ok true, perhaps I can get a job in journalism doing statistics ;) But anyway, I'm still pretty sure even with my flawed reasoning that most people are using Windows and those that arent are you or I who dont hold a typical netops position as there is still this insistence in most companies that all employees use standard hardware, OS and software. > it does bear noting that there's a difference between an MUA (UA == > user agent) and an MTA (TA == transfer agent). rereading the > discussion w/that in mind might put a different spin on it for you. ;-) Heh, yeah I missed that! Ok well again using my broken reasoning I still reckon based on observation that most regular companies use MS for their MTA and that the ones using *nix are mainly ISPs. Applying this to network operators and its a bit hazy but again based on experience very often internal mail falls under IT and IT consists of a bunch of MSCEs running Exchange.... I can check this using the Received headers posted to nanog and a quick grep shows a rather large number of Microsoft boxes.. Steve (going off on a tangent)
