Skype Outage Caused by Windows Update ... Sort Of

lotsa, reread my post. I use words like "inferred", "pretty clear" and "in a way". In no way did I say that Skype absolutely blamed MS for their problem. jersey also uses the work "implied", which also means that they didn't say it, but one could make that association, and make it pretty easily.

However, it was reported that way across MANY news sites, and only after the reaction to it did they backpedal and clarify their position. I'm sure that they were trying to pass the buck as much as possible, but later realized that would not be possible especially considering the length of the outage. You're in marketing, you should know all about how this works.

And this whole bit about being insecure is just totally false. The moniker "Dipsh!t Admin" is meant as a joke, which I explained the last time you "implied" that I was insecure. No where else on the Internet do I use that name, as it is only something that this comment section would understand.

"And Skype made it clear AFTER they posted remarks that implied they were on some level blaming Microsoft."

I would argue that you (and others) inferred it, not that Skype implied it. Clearly, their clarification makes their point very clear...that it is not, nor never was, their intent to blame Microsoft.

If you look deep down at this, the chain of events started with a scenario that is unique to Windows Update.

Through no other course of events, could what have happened, happened. What I'm saying is, the headline is basically right, Windows Update is the cause. Now the fault is clearly in the hands of Skype,

1, for an overestimation in their failsafe QoS system

2, for misconfiguring windows update. Microsoft gives you 2 options. First, you can stagger the reboot schedule so that only a small percentage of servers are down at a time. Or second, you can disable the servers ability to reboot itself without user initiation.

So yes, Windows Update killed Skype. In the same fashion as a handgun commits a murder.

And Skype made it clear AFTER they posted remarks that implied they were on some level blaming Microsoft.

"dipsh", you can only interpret that as a slam against Microsoft if you're insecure to begin with. The facts are what they are, and Skype has made it clear--repeatedly--that they, and they alone, are responsible for the outage.