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Windows 2003 Going Gold

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the service-pack-1-already-prepared dept.

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."

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  1. Early Adapters by Txiasaeia · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm sure that MS will have no problems with early adapters; they'll be coming out of the woodworks to pick up a copy of Windows 2003, I'm su...

    Oh, wait, you mean *legal* copies? Nevermind.

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  2. Gold? by Linux-based-robots · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think Windows is going towards another element: Palladium

    Hehehehehe

  3. Top 10 Reasons to get Windows 2003 by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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