Re: Comparing Lisp conditions to Java Exceptions

Ulrich Hobelmann <u.hobelmann@xxxxxx> writes:

>> When was that? I remember some talk about a _failed_ attempt to move
>> to W2K around 2000. Maybe they have succeeded in the meantime but
>> that's not my latest information.
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/casestudies/hotmail.asp

Yes... that's maybe what they wished for, or what they wanted to do.

The above article is from February 2001. From December, 2001 is the
following Register article:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/12/12/microsoft_hotmail_still_runs/

My latest knowledge is that today (2005) Hotmail still runs FreeBSD on
its backend servers. I've never seen anyone claim anything different
so far.

You should remember that when MS was running BSDI on its backend
servers for microsoft.com, they were using W2K as frontend servers.
They're probably doing exactly the same with Hotmail now aswell.

Do you really believe _anything_ that comes out of Microsoft's
marketing department?

mkb.
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