Re: Skype failure blamed on XP, Vista updates

Bruce Chambers wrote:
HeyBub wrote:
"Skype, the internet telephony provider, said today that a massive,
simultaneous restart of its users' computers was to blame for the
two-day outage its service suffered last week.

"Millions of users collectively downloading a routine security
update from Microsoft and then rebooting their machines had caused
what the company called a "critical disruption", prompting its
peer-to-peer network to collapse. "

Go ahead, blame Microsoft...



Well, of course it was Microsoft's fault that Skype's servers couldn't
handle the load. ;-}

Dollars to donuts Skype's servers are running Ubangi, so that can't be the
reason.


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