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"Why Unix is better.... by Microsoft"

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2002 10:04 am
by BDKR
For all you Linux or *nix people out there, there is an interesting paper that was cirulated internally at MS comparing Unix to Windows. If you're tired of looking at code and need a break for awhile, like me, take a look.

http://remus.softimage.net/hotmail.html#_Toc491601819

Cheers,
BDKR

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2002 12:10 pm
by jonsyd
Thats fantastic. I remember checking about 18 months after MS had bought Hotmail and they still weren't running it on MS product. We all know why, and apparently so did they. My favorite bits:
A Microsoft property should eat its own dogfood
... thats definitely "food" right?
It’s easy to look at a UNIX system and know what is running and why. Although its configuration files may have arcane (and sometimes too-simple) syntax...
... "too simple"???

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2002 7:46 am
by BDKR
Yeah, I caught that part about too simple also. Strange! What do they think it should be?

Anyways, it's good in one respect to see that the honesty of the writer. It's just too bad that this guy isn't running anything considerable concerning how they do business.

Cheers,
BDKR

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2002 9:46 am
by volka
maybe he wants to keep his job ;)