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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Software => Topic started by: Great_Satan on 14 August 2003, 05:27

Title: Something about Microsoft's servers here
Post by: Great_Satan on 14 August 2003, 05:27
Check this out:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24364.html (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24364.html)
Title: Something about Microsoft's servers here
Post by: jasonlane on 14 August 2003, 05:32
quote:
Originally posted by Great_Satan:
Check this out:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24364.html (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24364.html)



Old article? I hope this happens though.

interesting post.
Title: Something about Microsoft's servers here
Post by: Great_Satan on 14 August 2003, 05:40
I saw this part and thought it was interesting.

 
quote:

Microsoft's server products have never been seriously considered by AOL, according to our insiders. "The licenses cost too much, their hardware requirements are excessive, they take too much labor to maintain, and we have enough security problems of our own without adding Microsoft's," says an AOL bean-counter who has access to the company's server cost numbers.

Title: Something about Microsoft's servers here
Post by: jasonlane on 14 August 2003, 06:35
How true, I'm very surprised that AOL doesn't have these false senses of economy that so many seem have. Who would have thunk it! (still don't like or trust them though)

TCO .... Bah! PR FUD

I think that M$ has been very, very damaged over the last few months. IBM, HP and even DELL seem to be abandoning the Redmond beast with great haste. I made a predictiction a few years ago that M$ would be finished within 5 years, I still have 3 years to go.... I may even have time to spare   ;)

[ August 13, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]

Title: Something about Microsoft's servers here
Post by: cahult on 14 August 2003, 14:52
The rats are leaving the sinking ship, eh?  :D    ;)    :D
Title: Something about Microsoft's servers here
Post by: M51DPS on 14 August 2003, 20:21
Then if only AOL's browser was open source, then maybe it wouldn't be so crappy.
Title: Something about Microsoft's servers here
Post by: Fett101 on 15 August 2003, 01:31
quote:
Originally posted by M51DPS:
Then if only AOL's browser was open source, then maybe it wouldn't be so crappy.


AOL...wouldn't be so crappy... does not compute.
Title: Something about Microsoft's servers here
Post by: jasonlane on 15 August 2003, 02:33
quote:
Originally posted by Fett101:


AOL...wouldn't be so crappy... does not compute.


I agree, I trust AOL about as much as I trust M$ & $CO.
Title: Something about Microsoft's servers here
Post by: M51DPS on 15 August 2003, 19:07
The only way AOL is intentionally evil is when they automatically sell your e-mail when you create a new screen name. Otherwise it's just that they make crappy programs.
Title: Something about Microsoft's servers here
Post by: bigsleep on 16 August 2003, 10:41
quote:
Originally posted by M51DPS:
Then if only AOL's browser was open source, then maybe it wouldn't be so crappy.


Originally they had their own browser engine, then they switched to the MSIE HTML engine (after Netscape refused to build an engine for them).
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I don't understand why they don't use Gecko now, they must be really stupid.