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Windows 2003 Going Gold
chill writes "According to CNet's News.com, 'Microsoft is expected to announce on Friday that Windows Server 2003 has completed testing and has been certified final, or gold, code.' With 35% of their server customers still using NT 4 -- the NT 4 that is so broke it can't be fixed -- Microsoft is hoping for quick adoption."
I for one think microsoft is right in thinking the NT 4 crowd is perfect for quick adoption.
Oh, wait, you mean *legal* copies? Nevermind.
Condemnant quod non intellegunt.
I think Windows is going towards another element: Palladium
Hehehehehe
Today, Microsoft has released a new patch for their Windows.net 2003 Server line, fixing major security flaws.
It means a company is ready to profit heavily from it's software. The roots of the phrase "going gold" can be traced back to the first Crusade, when Pope Urban II, tired of having to cow the French nobility to action, declared that he was immediately ready to "go gold," i.e. reap massive profits from those less powerful (and early adopters). Software companies picked up the term shortly thereafter.
...yeah... Comedy Gold!
Will be the color of my CD.
10. If Bill Gates gets more money, he can afford a borg implant for his left eye, too.
9. Linux? Never heard of it.
8. It satisfies the overwhelming slashdot community demand for Palladium, secure
computing, and better enforcement of the DMCA.
7. SAVE OVER $300 ON V1AGRA (oops. my spam filter failed and one slipped into the list)
6. w3 3l33t d00dz must have 1t 2 run directx for Quakedoom 6.
5. IN SOVIET RUSSIA, 2003 WINDOWS YOU!
4. Hey, they've got a monopoly reputation to maintain. Why not help them?
3. Oh boy! Another EULA to ignore!
2. Microsoft says this one's going to be really really good! Why should
I not believe them?
1. It moves us ever closer to Windows 2078, in which all the security holes
will be fixed once and for all.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
A betting pool has started on how long after Gold is released it will turn into Lead (How long until the first major security hole will be found)
An anonymous wager has been placed for 5 minutes..
Is there really anyone who will run a critical application on W2003?
In other news, the first exploits for the new windows version are still behind schedule. "We still need a bit of final QA and tests on some obscure hardware" said l33t h4x0r, one of the many 14-year olds waiting eagerly for windows 2003. "I mean, the old one was funny for a while", l33t said, "but after a couple years it got boring finding the essentially same bugs again and again and again."
Assorted stuff I do sometimes: Lemuria.org
Because you're got an MCSE and don't know any better?
-Ben
(Not to offend any MCSE's who actually know what they're doing)
Well the RMS system actually implements the IFilibuster interface so hackers attempting buffer overflows will receive a long string returned about why it's GNU/Linux and not just Linux. When a hacker attempts a local exploit, it will refuse to run the exploit until they can verify that all of the exploit was created using free software. When the Chinese software-copy-mafia attempt to mass produce cd's using it, The EULA will refer them to the suffering of Tibet and force them to sign a petition before continuing.
In all seriousness I admire RMS and I am looking forward to seeing him inside my windows machine. I hope he doesn't refuse to take his shoes off this time though... Or maybe that's a good thing... hmmm
So that the hackers won't be bored of seeing the same visual interface all over the world?
Chrysler, for example is using a large Linux cluster to simulate and analyze crash test results.
Wouldn't Windows Clusters be better for crash testing?
Fellowship 9/11
Can you turn off the bloat too? eg. Make it perform more like 2000 as well?
Slashdot gets worse every day... Pipedot: News for nerds, without the corporate slant
Wouldn't Windows Clusters [microsoft.com] be better for crash testing?
The cluster is being used to SIMULATE crashes and ANALYZE crash test results. The Windows cluster would be used if you wanted actual crashes.
> Not to offend any MCSE's who actually know what they're doing
you mean they do exist?
---- There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't
Yeah, :)
Those MS Certified Solitare Engineers really know how to play cards
"For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert"