Microsoft clearly doesn't get it. But that's ok, because they have no Internet-scale systems anyway. Serious Microsoft hyperbolic bashing. The facts: Hotmail

Microsoft clearly doesn't get it. But that's ok, because they have no Internet-scale systems anyway. Serious Microsoft hyperbolic bashing. The facts: Hotmail: 369 million users, Gmail: 193 million ( around the end of 2010, does anyone have newer numbers? http://www.email-marketing-reports.com/metrics/email-statistics.htm http://www.email-marketing-reports.com/metrics/email-statist... ) Bing, 5PB per container: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/4870003098/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/4870003098/ Lots of containers, "Microsoft's online operation puts big data into perspective. Bing's infrastructure is comprised of 250,000 Windows Server machines and manages some 150 petabytes of data. Microsoft processes two to three petabytes per day. "You really have to figure out how to process that kind of data to keep your index fresh," Nardella says." ( http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/bi/230700013 http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/bi/230700013 ) I could continue to go on but Microsoft is clearly running Internet-scale systems.