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Story: Microsoft hides behind Linux for protection
Posted by: Simon (Friday 29 August 2003, 4:59 AM)
Don't get me wrong, I'm a linux enthusiast. I've got a linux server at home, at work. My home desktop is linux, and I'm just about to set up a Linux computer lab for my kids' primary school. I'm no Microsoft apologist and I like reading LinuxToday to keep track of Linux conversions.
But.
In this case, the '40,000 distributed servers' is the significant fact of the article. It's irrelevant whether they are running Windows, Linux, MacOS or whatever, Microsoft are just spreading the target for a DDOS attack rather than putting up a single machine of their own which could be flooded easily. If they were running this server and chose Linux, that would be a story.
The irony is still sweet, though.
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Story: Microsoft hides behind Linux for protection
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I have been waiting for 13 years for microsoft to... Anonymous -
Enough said!! Anonymous
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Well it is about time. MS started to give in for t... Abe
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It defies logic. Not the worm but Microsoft's Choi... Dariusz Zelichowski
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HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!! Anonymous
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hahaha. that must be a blow to microsoft executive... Folle Rec
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M$ must be eating tons of crow: What a tacet admis... swbobcat
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I think the headline speaks volumes. enough said. Oscar Goldman
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Well now it would seem to me that ol M$ themselfs... Peter Nikolic
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Sensationalism.
Iam a one-eyed GNU/Linux lover and... Anonymous guy
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Don't get me wrong, I'm a linux enthusiast. I've g... Simon -
Just because microsoft is using a Linux system to... David Guenther
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I think that it's great that people from Microsoft... Milan Uremovic
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Microsoft is not afraid to use other operating sys... Magnesium|CW|
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IT's so funny to see Microsoft's behaviour! The ma... Anonymous
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It seems that Microsoft is running from their own... Tosin A. Atolagbe
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It's a great move from the MS perspective. Now tho... Kunal Jain
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Talk about spin! MIcrosoft choose Akamai becaus... Darren DeNunzio
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M$ stuff is just plain junk. 2000 was said to be s... Anonymous
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Well, Honeslty I don't know who this company that... Conrad
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Someone wrote this thingie ->>>
Talk about spin! M... Henrik Pihl
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This shows that Microsoft do not have much faith i... Anonymous
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Very funny!
I wonder why Big Bll decided not to u... "RedHat" rik ford
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