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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. NT4 upgrade path by DrXym · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I wonder how much of that 35% is using NT for file and print services or a web server?


    Instead of incurring the massive expense of replacing the equipment that currently runs NT 4 plus the licences of running Windows 2003, perhaps they should just move over to Linux. Maybe there is scope for an advertising campaign from Red Hat or others that says as much.


    Better yet, perhaps someone should offer an NT 'migration kit' which attempts to replicate the NT services and settings in Linux.

  2. Its the beginning of the end for MS by TerryAtWork · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Now that Palladium is going to lock me into Windows, I'm switching to OpenBSD with some GUI on it.

    And I've been a windows guy forever...

    When even guys like me leave, that's it.

    Mind you, this'll take some years yet...

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  3. Re:let's consider age by Christianfreak · · Score: 4, Interesting

    But MS promised its customers that it would support NT until either this summer or early next year (I think there was some confusion about that). Its not about age its about what MS says they are going to do. Its nothing new that MS breaks promises but it is amazing to me that so many companies and individuals blatently pander to them even after this kind of crap.

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