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Windows Server 2003 Is A Small Step Forward

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tide-turn-or-whistling-crickets dept.

b17bmbr writes "According to eWeek, 'The release of Windows Server 2003 is a small step forward for the platform -- an effort that really should be considered Windows 2000 Server Second Edition. With the exception of Internet Information Services 6.0, there aren't any far-reaching or fundamental changes in the product.' And from CNet Microsoft prepares Windows Server ads, 'The ads are geared toward IT managers on tight budgets.' This is probably Microsoft's last chance to turn the tide and take mindset and market share from FOSS."

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  1. Cripples by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Are only able to make small steps forward.

  2. Windows Server 200x by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Speaking as an I.T. manager, I want off of the Microsoft treadmill. Microsoft is not a trustworthy company. I'm not sure what action they could possibly take to rescue their reputation at this point. They are interested only in control -- not in making things better. They don't deserve my money. I don't deserve to pay to be controlled.

    1. Re:Windows Server 200x by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
      Gee, mods, the parent post is utter horseshit but is really anti-Microsoft. Where's the insightful mod?

      You're slipping.

  3. Are you some sort of shit-eating retard? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why is it so hard to remember the difference between "your" and "you're".
    Go back to grade-school you illiterate fuck.

  4. Try Hacking my windows 2003 Server by chameleonanonymous · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Address : www.dbcodegen.com only open port is 80 IIS6 Prize Money : $100 US winning entry - must replace the homepage with your contact so taht prize money can be paid. Ricky

  5. Re:Improvements (from an insider) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What was your job at MS? Your previous posts are VERY anti-microsoft. What exactly are you comparing the NT kernel to when you say it sucks?

  6. Re:This is probably Microsoft's last chance...? by letxa2000 · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Your area of the country also tends to vote Democrat, so don't use that area of the country as a good barometer of wise decision-making.

    Don't worry, the world is moving towards OSS. Period. I've seen it in job markets that I've reviewed in my markets of interest in the US. It's also happening big time in Mexico (everyone I know here in Mexico is either working with Linux or starting migration projects).

  7. Re:Puhleeze! by benna · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Um what exactly is a "code". I think you mean LINES of code. And if you do you are wrong. Linux has far fewer bugs than windows. Its just that on linux you find out about them and with microsoft they cover them up as long as they can.

    --
    "It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists." -Ludwig Wittgenstein
  8. Re:GUI by sheldon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "You can't just hop over to a windows box through telnet/ssh/rlogin to edit IIS's config file or play some music."

    Is it because you can't, or just because you don't know how?

  9. Re:Oh no! tsarkon reports by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Any server product has its ups and downs

    Yeah, but, I just don't want sucking horribly to be one of the downs.

    Nice try, Wannabe-Gandalf of computers.