Guest HeyBub Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 "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... http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2292536.ece
Guest Newbie Coder Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Skype failure blamed on XP, Vista updates HeyBub, If that was the case then why have Skype released 3.5.0.214? What you said is also on their site: http://heartbeat.skype.com/ -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message news:uGUFws44HHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > "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... > > http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2292536.ece >
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Skype failure blamed on XP, Vista updates 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. ;-} -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
Guest HeyBub Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 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.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Skype failure blamed on XP, Vista updates Hope those are some darned good doughnuts. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message news:eIQ$YM64HHA.2108@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > 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. >
Guest John K.Eason Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Skype failure blamed on XP, Vista updates In article <uGUFws44HHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, heybub@gmail.com (HeyBub) wrote: > *From:* "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> > > "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... > > http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article229 > 2536.ece http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2007/08/20/questions-about-last-tuesday-s-rele ase-and-skype.aspx Regards John (john@jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk) Remove the obvious to reply...
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