The Microsoft Research ftp site

The Microsoft Research ftp site is here:

ftp://ftp.research.microsoft.com/

It is clear that the Microsoft Research ftp site is running on a UNIX/Linux
server. Why? Is this meant to be an endorsement? Please elaborate.

Thank you.

"Leon" <> wrote in message
news:uOxG%...
> The Microsoft Research ftp site is here:
>
> ftp://ftp.research.microsoft.com/
>
> It is clear that the Microsoft Research ftp site is running on a
> UNIX/Linux
> server. Why? Is this meant to be an endorsement? Please elaborate.
>
> Thank you.



Looks like Windows from here.....

C:\Users\xxxxxx>ftp ftp.research.microsoft.com
Connected to ftp.research.microsoft.com.
220-Microsoft FTP Service
220 MARS-FTP1
User (ftp.research.microsoft.comnone)): anonymous
331 Anonymous access allowed, send identity (e-mail name) as password.
Password:
230 Anonymous user logged in.
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
03-21-09 02:00PM <DIR> pub
03-10-09 11:30PM <DIR> Users
226 Transfer complete.
ftp: 90 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 90000.00Kbytes/sec.
ftp> quote syst
215 Windows_NT
ftp>

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Jon

On Apr 13, 2:54*pm, "Alias's Ass Kicker" <al...@asskick.net> wrote:

> > Thank you.
>
> You drunk or stoned?

Good question. Are YOU drunk or stoned. It is not a good policy to
lash out verbally that way in public.

>*I don't see any endorsements.

If Microsoft Research ftp site is running on a UNIX/Linux server, the
Ph.D. people who work there must have a good reason.

> If they are running on
> Unix/Linux who cares?

Any professional IT guy would want to know what other professional IT
people are doing.

>*If you want to use Linux go use it and get your sorry
> ass out of here.

Are you on Prozac?

>Why not go to the Ubuntu forums

Are you promoting Ubuntu on a Microsoft site. I get it. You are a
mole. Go back to your hole, mole.

and help those sorry sacks
> who think they have a decent OS, when in reality they have ****.

****? Who the **** do you think you are, asshole?

On Apr 13, 1:20*pm, "Leon" <trot...@hushmail.com> wrote:
> The Microsoft Research ftp site is here:
>
> ftp://ftp.research.microsoft.com/
>
> It is clear that the Microsoft Research ftp site is running on a UNIX/Linux
> server. Why? Is this meant to be an endorsement? Please elaborate.
>
> Thank you.

Good question. After browsing through the Microsoft Research ftp site,
I encountered a number of home movies in .mov format. To the best of
my knowlege .mov videos cannot be opened with any Microsoft software.
I'm pretty sure that Apple Quicktime works.

Maybe Microsoft Research is doing research on competitors technology.
I heard their was a lot of patent infringement going on on all sides
in the industry.

In article <uOxG#>,
Leon <> wrote:
>
>It is clear that the Microsoft Research ftp site is running on a UNIX/Linux
>server. Why? Is this meant to be an endorsement? Please elaborate.
>

You're nuts. It's a Windows 2003 server.

On Apr 13, 4:28*pm, w...@panix.com (the wharf rat) wrote:
> In article <uOxG#UHvJHA.5...@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>,
>
> Leon <trot...@hushmail.com> wrote:
>
> >It is clear that the Microsoft Research ftp site is running on a UNIX/Linux
> >server. Why? Is this meant to be an endorsement? Please elaborate.
>
> * * * * You're nuts. *It's a Windows 2003 server.

Be careful when you call someone nuts. There are several ways the
interested reader can view this thread. One is on a censored Microsoft
feed and one other is by google. There may be others. You are calling
someone nuts who has already been censored out of existance. Its like
****ing into the wind.