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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (7292)	5/28/2004 12:55:21 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19789

Think this through with me. Microsoft understands how big 64 bit will be for the whole industry and especially microsoft. Intel is turning to, like a large aircraft carrier. AMD is more like a ChrisCraft. :)) Ask yourself, what advantage does "Big Iron" really have? Answer: 64 Bitness. This transition is going to happen very fast. My guess is 6 months to a year. Of course, I realize that is not fast enough for you. :)) The "tell" is that article I posted on databases and how ms is growing and how IBM by pumping Linux is really competing with its own DB2 by in effect providing a new "front end" which may also use new back ends other than IBM's own database AND which disrupts their own service income stream. And if you think about it, Databases are a metaphor or the foundation of EVERY computer application. Nobody is in a better position to benefit than MS. The only real threat to Microsoft's Total World Domination is Sun. They have the expertise and the vision to provide the tools to make the transition. But, alas, Sun will fail. They will never be able to abandon their hardware orientaion; just like Apple could not. You can think of IBM as today's Intergalactic Digital Research. :)) It's Good to be Duke. :))

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (7292)	5/28/2004 2:15:35 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19789

from the teched conference: Hanging out with the MSCOM folks Earlier this week, I had a fun time hanging out with the Microsoft.com operations folks who are led by Jeff Stucky and Casey Jacobs. We presented our Migrating to IIS 6 pre-conference tutorial together on Sunday, and had a some time to bond the night before over some margaritas at Casa de Bandini. Ours was a tag-team presentation. I presented the architecture, features, and administrative tasks while Jeff and Casey explained how they use IIS 6 in a large production environment. Large production environment is, um, an understatement. Here's some statistics about Microsoft.com: 80 Gbps egress rate 250,000 requests / second 700,000 concurrent connections 950 web servers 250 SQL servers 75 million unique users / day When Windows Update V5 is turned on, the team is expecting to see 100 million users / day! Windows Update leans heavily on content caching networks such as Akamai and Savvis. These networks ensures that your download comes from the closest (in bandwidth terms) available server. Posted by John at May 27, 2004 05:23 AM \| TrackBack