http://blogs.msdn.com/darrylburling/archive/2005/08/24/455370.aspxOmar Shahine has written a really interesting peice about the plumbing behind the new hotmail beta. Its a great window in to the architectural and development approaches inside Microsoft, and inside MSN as well. Key points I saw: The new Hotmail systemen-NZCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/darrylburling/archive/2005/08/24/455370.aspx#455411Wed, 24 Aug 2005 06:04:10 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:455411Omar ShahineIt depends on who you talk to :-). FireAnt was born long before Atlas. I would say that we had some influence on them, but we built FireAnt to really meet the needs of MSN and secondarly we thought it was interesting to bake it into the Framework. Atlas is targeted at a slightly different audience. <br> <br>Either way, the right people meet often to make sure there is good sharing/learning being transfered!http://blogs.msdn.com/darrylburling/archive/2005/08/24/455370.aspx#455529Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:32:57 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:455529dburlingCool! Thanks for leaving the note! Great to know!