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Gaining market share
On what do you base this statement? MS has been losing market share of Internet servers for the last few years. Besides this is email. The only ISPs that use Microsoft Exchange are the ones that host Exchange email for companies that don't want their own MS servers.

I've googled this subject several times since 2002 and to the best of my knowledge, after several years of trying Microsoft finally converted Hotmail from UNIX to Windows. But they are using very little, if any, of their commercial MS-Exchange software on the system. (If anyone could point me to some recent data on this I would appreciate it.)

MS Exchange is an inside the firewall product for corporations. It doesn't scale well, costs too much, and is way too insecure to survive on the Internet backbone. It is destined to remain a tiny percent of the total number of email servers.
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I read the first paragraph and that was enough  mlindl | 09/13/04
Funny..  Patrick Jones | 09/13/04
Microsoft fails in their attempt to "own" e-mail.  Seething Ganglia | 09/13/04
meanwhile....  tamuhockey | 09/13/04
outlook - ms mail server works fine  V Sanders | 09/14/04
Do you have any proof?  d_jedi | 09/13/04
Did Microsoft put all the cards on the table?  DonnieBoy | 09/13/04
and if you wait until after the fact  V Sanders | 09/13/04
It would appear the answer is yes...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04
what more?  ryusen | 09/14/04
Huh? Anyone can do a patent search...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04
Can you do a pending patent search?  Michael Kelly | 09/14/04
Microsoft's track record speaks for its self  Seething Ganglia | 09/13/04
we have all seen with IE  V Sanders | 09/13/04
What did y'all expect after the DOJ ...  Judas I. | 09/13/04
Pobox's SPF email proposal  Nigel Johnstone | 09/13/04
And here is why that proposal won't work either:  Confused by religion | 09/13/04
SPF *still* working perfectly  Nigel Johnstone | 09/13/04
Blacklisting of SPF names risky.  dotis | 09/13/04
Sorry Milly, not a good link...  John Le'Brecage | 09/13/04
Sender-ID makes SPF stronger  Roger Ramjet | 09/14/04
No, not completely..  Patrick Jones | 09/13/04
spammers publishing SPF is GOOD!  CobraA1 | 09/14/04
Sender-ID authorizes, it does not authenticate.  dotis | 09/13/04
What?  Patrick Jones | 09/13/04
Umm, really?  CobraA1 | 09/14/04
Follow up  CobraA1 | 09/14/04
very cool  V Sanders | 09/13/04
Reality check to Microsoft- we don't need you.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 09/14/04
The real question, does it matter when you own the market.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04
This is a server based technology, not desktop!  B.O.F.H. | 09/14/04
Correct, to a point.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04
You really aren't that clueless, are you?  B.O.F.H. | 09/14/04
And you aren't listening.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04
Yes he really is that clueless!  sa_z | 09/14/04
It'll be a question of who can last the standoff the longest  Michael Kelly | 09/14/04
SPF augmenst DNS, get a clue!  B.O.F.H. | 09/14/04
Gaining market share  alterego_z | 09/14/04
what does joe average use for e-mail?  ryusen | 09/14/04
You really need to stop.  Patrick Jones | 09/14/04
See: Correct to a point.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04
I did. You are still wrong.  Patrick Jones | 09/14/04
Cornered with facts.  sa_z | 09/14/04
wasn't there another article, recently where...  ryusen | 09/14/04
Once more See "Correct to a point".  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04
At least Mike Cox intends to be funny!  sa_z | 09/14/04
And you attempt what? Blank posts???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04
That youa are a M$ troll  sa_z | 09/14/04
I only see one person calling names. YOU!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04
No_Ax, you need to learn some basic vocabulary!  B.O.F.H. | 09/14/04
Troll Factor 9.4  sa_z | 09/14/04
Yes you are a name caller but I won't hold it against you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04
damn, that was a really harsh slam on Microsoft!  B.O.F.H. | 09/14/04
on front page extensions...  ryusen | 09/14/04
Wrong again  Richard Flude | 09/14/04
No_Ax fails to respond to valid criticism  CobraA1 | 09/15/04
Natural Consequence  John L. Ries | 09/14/04

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