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SKYPE outage blaming Microsoft - what a load of bull
Here I am on holiday, but I just had to comment on this.

SKYPE claim a sudden reboot of client PCs caused their network to fail and that this reboot was caused by Windows Updates.

I've done some checking and the WU this month caused reboots like it did any other month, yet no other month has this process caused any SKYPE issues. Since there was nothing different this month, the only conclusion I can come to is that this is rubbish. What is more is that WU staggers updates to avoid a world wide reboot and internet load problem. Given the total collapse of SKYPE I think they are trying to avoid the fact that they have a problem. If rebooting PCs can bring their network to a grinding halt then I would say they have a major architectual issue!

Just my opinion, but I think this story smells a bit.

ttfn

David

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Posted Tue, Aug 21 2007 11:18 AM by David Overton

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Amir Sadeh wrote re: SKYPE outage blaming Microsoft - what a load of bull
on Tue, Aug 21 2007 12:40 PM

They were obviously anticipating your response! A few minutes before your post this appeared... share.skype.com/.../the_microsoft_connection_clari.html

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