Skype failure blamed on XP, Vista updates

[HeyBub]

"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

 

[Newbie Coder]

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/

 

[Bruce Chambers]

"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. ;-}


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[HeyBub]

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.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Hope those are some darned good doughnuts.

 

[John K.Eason]

*From:* "HeyBub" <[email protected]>

"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 ([email protected]) Remove the obvious to reply...