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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> The Word is out: Microsoft will face online fight on core software
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>> | The co-founder of Hotmail, the web-based e-mail service bought by
>> | Microsoft for $400 million a decade ago, is challenging the American
>> | software giant’s core $20 billion (£9.7 billion) office desktop business.
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http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2917414.ece
>> http://tinyurl.com/25joyz
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>> I think that's the guy who compained that Microsoft ruined/neglected Hotmail
>> (which it did). Hotmail was built on Free software, not Microsoft
>> technology.
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> When MS took over hotmail they ruined it. Now mail goes missing. It used
> to work on sendmail, but I think it's IIS/Exchange based now... Which
> explains it's crappyness.
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> There is a memo somewhere about what MS intentions were with hotmail.
What did the memo say?
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| From: Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
| Subject: Hotmail borked ..
| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:09:16 +0000
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It's still in the same broken state (delays and missing mail). Even Doug told
me this today. They try to encourage people to 'upgrade' to paid subscription
perhaps...
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