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Alternative take: Windows 7 beta is such a popular download that with the current demand even MS is having troubles hosting it. I think the rumours about Micro

by trezor 18y ago

Alternative take: Windows 7 beta is such a popular download that with the current demand even MS is having troubles hosting it. I think the rumours about Microsoft's near imminent death is greatly exaggerated.

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old-gregg 18y ago
That was my take also. Personally I could never understand why does everybody think Microsoft must become a great Internet company. I do understand that a lot of people are tired of so many years of Microsoft dominance on the desktop and are willing to look stupid predicting their collapse just because another markets opened up that MS isn't dominating in (yet). But hey, IBM is still around and doing fine. A friendly reminder to Web 2.0 types: the only company making seriously big piles of cash, the big boys club kind, is Google. And the rest of Internet ghetto can only dream of making the kind of cash Microsoft is generating without "getting it". And speaking of new markets... Here's another reminder: measured in computer years, widespread Internet is very, very, very old and can hardly be called a "disruptive technology" anymore. We've all had fun throwing VC-supported sheep for free, now lets get back to work, figuring out what software users want. That's what Apple's been doing, and perhaps this is what Microsoft has done with Windows 7. I hope so, even though I'm not their customer.
mdasen 18y ago
Just for some perspective: 2.5million people downloading at a relatively slow 250KB/sec comes to about 4.8Tbps. Currently we push a mere 2.1Tbps across the Atlantic. So, the downloading from Microsoft might actually outpace the combined traffic from the Americas to Europe! No CDN can handle traffic like that. And c'mon, how many times has a Linux distro come out just to download annoyingly slow for the first few days? This is a much bigger launch than a new Linux distro.

by trezor 18y ago

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old-gregg 18y ago

That was my take also. Personally I could never understand why does everybody think Microsoft must become a great Internet company. I do understand that a lot of people are tired of so many years of Microsoft dominance on the desktop and are willing to look stupid predicting their collapse just because another markets opened up that MS isn't dominating in (yet). But hey, IBM is still around and doing fine. A friendly reminder to Web 2.0 types: the only company making seriously big piles of cash, the big boys club kind, is Google. And the rest of Internet ghetto can only dream of making the kind of cash Microsoft is generating without "getting it". And speaking of new markets... Here's another reminder: measured in computer years, widespread Internet is very, very, very old and can hardly be called a "disruptive technology" anymore. We've all had fun throwing VC-supported sheep for free, now lets get back to work, figuring out what software users want. That's what Apple's been doing, and perhaps this is what Microsoft has done with Windows 7. I hope so, even though I'm not their customer.

mdasen 18y ago

Just for some perspective: 2.5million people downloading at a relatively slow 250KB/sec comes to about 4.8Tbps. Currently we push a mere 2.1Tbps across the Atlantic. So, the downloading from Microsoft might actually outpace the combined traffic from the Americas to Europe! No CDN can handle traffic like that. And c'mon, how many times has a Linux distro come out just to download annoyingly slow for the first few days? This is a much bigger launch than a new Linux distro.