Re: UNIX @ M$

Douglas Song (dugsong@umich.edu)
Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:29:23 -0400 (EDT)


atbd is their primary DNS, not their webserver. maybe they *are* running
NT - their homepage is unreachable...

; <<>> DiG 2.1 <<>> www.microsoft.com
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 12, Auth: 4, Addit: 4
;; QUESTIONS:
;; www.microsoft.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWERS:
www.microsoft.com. 6627 A 207.68.137.53
www.microsoft.com. 6627 A 207.68.156.49
www.microsoft.com. 6627 A 207.68.137.56
www.microsoft.com. 6627 A 207.68.156.51
www.microsoft.com. 6627 A 207.68.156.52
www.microsoft.com. 6627 A 207.68.137.62
www.microsoft.com. 6627 A 207.68.156.53
www.microsoft.com. 6627 A 207.68.137.65
www.microsoft.com. 6627 A 207.68.156.54
www.microsoft.com. 6627 A 207.68.156.61
www.microsoft.com. 6627 A 207.68.156.16
www.microsoft.com. 6627 A 207.68.156.58

;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
microsoft.com. 115658 NS ATBD.microsoft.com.
microsoft.com. 115658 NS DNS1.microsoft.com.
microsoft.com. 115658 NS DNS3.NWNET.NET.
microsoft.com. 115658 NS DNS4.NWNET.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
ATBD.microsoft.com. 111976 A 131.107.1.7
DNS1.microsoft.com. 115658 A 131.107.1.240
DNS3.NWNET.NET. 172440 A 192.220.250.7
DNS4.NWNET.NET. 172440 A 192.220.251.7

On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Yobie Benjamin wrote:

> This came in from:
>
> >Subject: ZEN News - June 17, 1997
> > Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 00:04:58 -0400
> > From: Zahir Parpia <zahir@eecg.toronto.edu>
> >
> > HUMOUR: MS WEB SERVER USES UNIX!
> > Microsoft has been making a big splash about how Windows NT can be
> > used throughout the enterprise - "Scalability" is the buzzword. Well,
>
> > it turns out the Microsoft's home page is based on a machine called
> > atbd.microsoft.com and if you telnet to that machine, you get message
> > saying "System V Unix (atbd)" - Well well well - it seems only Unix is
>
> > good enough for mission critical tasks.
> >
> > (Globe and Mail, June 13, 1997)

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Dug Song <dugsong@UMICH.EDU>
University of Michigan ITD Systems Research Programmer
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dugsong