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Linux's New Best Friend: Microsoft Licensing 6.0
Ultimately, Microsoft's best friend is corporate inertia. IT departments that want to ditch Microsoft will have to make a strong case to executives that replacement costs will be recouped in a timely manner.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-29

Brian Valentine talks Windows Server 2003
With Windows Server 2003 development coming to a close earlier this year, I had the chance to sit down with Brian Valentine, Senior Vice President of the Windows team at Microsoft, and discuss the company's most complex and customer-driven Windows Server version ever.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-29

Head to Head: SuSE 8.2 Pro Vs Red Hat Linux 9 in Desktop Usage
This is a desktop comparison of Red Hat Linux 9 and SuSE 8.2 Professional Edition.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-29

Microsoft Reworks Win XP Patch
Microsoft is revising a security patch for Windows XP systems with Service Pack 1 installed after customers complained that installing the patch slowed their systems to a crawl.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-29

Microsoft Amends Windows License Rules
Microsoft will cut the cost and ease restrictions for software developers who license certain Windows protocols to make their products work better with the operating system, Microsoft has said.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-29

New Microsoft Security Guides to Windows 2000, 2003
Microsoft recently published guideline documents for security hardening of Windows 2000, both for workstatios and servers, and Windows Server 2003.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-29

Where can I obtain the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools?
A. The Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools are available for free at the Microsoft Web site. The tools download as one self-installing executable file called rktools.exe...
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-29

Linux gets Office XP applications
Update: A software package from CodeWeavers enables Linux users to run most Microsoft Office XP components, making the operating system more attractive on the desktop.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-29

What's the Windows XP PowerToys Fun Pack?
A. On April 22, 2003, Microsoft released the XP PowerToys Fun Pack. The Fun Pack contains the Windows XP Desktop Wallpaper Changer PowerToy, which changes your desktop wallpaper automatically at a set interval...
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-29

Review: Photoshop under Linux
DesktopLinux.com previews the upcoming CrossOver Office 2.0 release from CodeWeavers that introduces support for Adobe Photoshop, among other featured enhancements.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-29

MS issues Visual FoxPro OS statement ...
Microsoft has issued a statement designed to stop developers from running one of its development tools on Linux.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-28

Getting frugal: Red Hat Network's low-cost upgrade to Red Hat 9
It took longer than expected, but Joe Barr is pleased with RHN's budget-friendly upgrade.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-25

Mac OS X 10.2 Server a Product of the Year
Network magazine has named Mac OS X 10.2 Server as the winner of the Server Operating System category in its 16th annual Product of the Year awards.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-23

Users Back Novell Plan for NetWare-to-Linux Path
NetWare 7 release will put services on both OS kernels as means of providing migration option
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-21

Flaw bugs Office 2000 customers
A software slipup in Microsoft's latest update to Office 2000 results in the application repeatedly asking some customers to register the program.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-18

Time for MS to Throw in the Java Towel?
Now that client-side Java has foundered, why is Microsoft still struggling with Sun over its implementation?
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-18

Microsoft Christens Windows Server System
As expected, yesterday Microsoft announced that the company is renaming its .NET Enterprise Servers to the Windows Server System, in keeping with previously announced plans to drop the .NET moniker from most of its product names.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-18

More Spam Protection Added to Exchange 2003
Microsoft this week announced a "third gate" of spam protection that will be coming in Exchange Server 2003, which is due for release in the middle of this year.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-18

Novell to investigate Windows kernel option
Novell is to investigate whether it can give customers the option of a Windows kernel for its Netware operating system.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-18

IT Alert: MCSE Certification Glut
Given that acquiring and maintaining MCSE certification is no easy feat, the perception that the marketplace is flooded with these qualified professionals could be false.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-18

Microsoft Research Offers Peek at Future
Some of the best innovations to come from Microsoft's research labs will be invisible, if they work as planned.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-18

Mac OS X Panther 'Piles' author comments on rumored 'Piles' implementation; can't do this on Windows
'Piles Preview' author, Richard Das commented to MacDailyNews about certain aspects of Panther 'Piles' or 'Stacks.'
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-17

Make your Mac OS X Jaguar Dock transparent and much more
TransparentDock 2 is an application that allows customization of the Mac OS X 10.2 dock.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-17

Counterpoint on Red Hat Linux
Counterpoint (http://www.synchronics.com) is a provider of point of sale and accounting software.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-14

Shell Bashing
It was about three o'clock on a Thursday afternoon when Kevin called me.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-14

Hylafax for OSR5
You'll probably save yourself a lot of trouble if you just decide now that a better place to run Hylafax is on a Linux machine.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-14

SCO OSR5.0.6
Because of an unexpected schedule change, I found myself with a whole day open one recent Tuesday.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-14

Peek
Peek, by Computronics (http://www.computron.com/), is a user monitoring/control tool for character based applications. Most Unix platforms are supported, including Linux and SCO OSR5.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-14

Week in review: Windows cracks
Microsoft revealed some of its coveted Windows source code as part of an effort to stave off open-source competitors, but a backdoor leak at the software maker released a different type of code that is sure to please pirates.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-11

Microsoft ports Windows Media to Linux
Redmond starts to take the Penguin very seriously.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-11

Poison applet could wipe Windows PCs
A brace of Microsoft security vulns pose risks for both home users and corporates.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-10

Microsoft Opens Up Shared Source Program
For the first time, Microsoft will let its hardware partners modify virtually all the source code for one of its Windows versions and ship the resulting specialized products to customers.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-10

Running Samba on the Mac OS X Server
Mac OS X Server is an Apple operating system product based on Mac OS X, with the addition of administrative tools and server software. One area in which it differs from Mac OS X is in the configuration of Samba-based services.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-08

Windows Server 2003 Editions Compared
Sure, Microsoft has its own table comparing the various Windows Server 2003 editions, but that version is incomplete, hard to read, and poorly organized, especially if you're interested in the features that are specific to the 64-bit editions of this product family.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-08

Red Hat Linux 9 Review
Red Hat installations are becoming pretty boring now - always the same thing - which is a very, very good sign.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-04

Cron, Batch and At
These three commands are used to run commands at some other time. They differ in their usage, their environment, and their default actions, so are sometimes a source of confusion.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-04

Dell, Oracle tout alliance on enterprise server systems
Dell's strategy is to sell servers primarily using two to four processors that can be combined, or clustered, to boost processing power. A key component of that strategy is Oracle9i's ability to run on such clustered systems.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-03

Microsoft Tackles Lucrative VoIP Market
At the Spring 2003 Voice on the Net (VON) Trade Show & Expo in San Jose Wednesday, a Microsoft executive announced during the keynote address that the company will supply a comprehensive Voice over IP (VoIP) solution in the next version of Windows CE .NET, code-named McKendrick.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-03

Nimda Worm - How it Spreads and Prevention
These are the days of attacks - virus attacks, terrorist attacks, social, political, religious attacks. The latest worm to hit the Net is the Nimda worm, which is ADMIN spelled backwards. Most of the targets are (but of course!), IIS-servers and Outlook Express users.
Directory: > IT > Operating Systems
Date: 2003-04-03

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