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Windows Server 2003 Is A Small Step Forward
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."
Oh no!
Things don't sound so good for those poor guys at Microsoft! I better sell my stock!
so all that money and time upgrading our reliable nt4/2k systems is only for iis6 and a pop3 service? hmmm glad my organisation is on volume licensing!
We played dungeons and dragons for 3 hours.....then i was slain by an elf
'The ads are geared toward IT managers on tight budgets
Thats like Hersey trying to advertise in Epopea.
I dont think so.
It will be:
'The ads are geared toward (IT?) managers on....
CRACK
Another fine innovation from Microsoft.
I cannot enumerate the advantages that Windows Me had over 98. I'm sure 2003 will show the same level of advancement over 2000.
Come to think of it, that IS pretty funny. How the hell do they expect to out-cheap "Free"? Once again, they're fulfilling their destinies by being the IT industry's comic relief.
LINUX!
good thing IIS has proven itself both secure and stable. otherwise, this could really be an issue:
IIS adds a number of Unix-style playing cards to its hand in this release, including text-file-based configuration, much tighter security defaults, user-level instead of administrator-level privileges, and a kernel-mode HTTP request handler and cache.
hackers, start your engines...
Am I the only one that thought "IT depts are on tight budgets BECAUSE of Microsoft"?
Ironic....
No, I don't trust in god. He'll have to pay up front, like everybody else.
One small step for security, one giant leap for MS stocks.
" Doesn't Akamai offer Windows based hosts? Microsoft should insist on their content being on Windows based servers."
They would be it would be too expensive.
"A plan fiendishly clever in its intricacies"- Homer Simpson
"This is probably Microsoft's last chance to turn the tide and take mindset and market share from FOSS"
Yep, if this fails, their market share is going to fall from 95% to 94.9%. I hope they have enough money saved up to weather the storm.
.....like the finance dept. in MS HQ?
Wouldn't you also agree that for those looking to move from NT4, that they could also see a big ROI if they moved to OSS instead? If yes, why would you try to sell a MS solution here, without mentioning that?
What kind of moron chooses the root of the word "fossile" as the name of a movement trying to develop technology?
*cough* wasn't there a fault in win95A (a timer glitch?) that only let it run for 49 days without locking up?
And it took 2 years for anyone to notice because , lets face it, win95 got rebooted a whole lot more often than that because of all the other bugs.
You are in a twisty maze of processor lines, all alike.
There is a lot of hype here.
*blink*
Advertisements built into music/videos? DRM? Locked to IP or user/pass combinations?
You're either astroturfing for Microsoft, or are using some definition of the word "awesome" of which I was previously unaware.
Uh oh, don't say it's dead. It might give Windows the immortal powers of BSD.
"powerful IIS administration components"???
Or do you really mean complex, proprietary tools requiresd by a proprietary configuration database -- whereas a text file or two would have sufficed *quite* nicely?
[The combination of Apache *and* Tomcat is easier to automatically configure than IIS!]
In fact, it's also a short form of "GNU/Free as in beer, Open Source avocated by EFF and FSF, Software", aka "GNU/FAIBOSABEAFS"
*rimshot*
IIS 6 really is a big deal for Windows... IIS 5 is a steaming pile of crap compared to Apache, but IIS 6 seems really promising. I'll hold out my opinion until I actually use it though... but it can't get much worse than IIS 5.
:-)
Sure it can! IIS4
As an admin, what's the most noticable improvement from IIS4 to IIS5?
you can sort the list of websites. What the hell were they thinking?
A year ago it was call .NET server... there was .NET this... .NET that... these .NETs in your mouth... lalala... well I downloaded a 45MB patch for my win2k box then a service pak for it... and I still don't have even the faintest idea WTF .NET or what Windows Server 2003 means to it... obviously not a whole lot given the description... can somebody please define .NET and just what the hell Windows Server 2003 does for it?
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A few haikus to commemorate the sucktitude:
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Crack smoke wafts though air
Dumb shit moderator!
Try to suck less, please
The Humorless Moderator
Crack smoke wafts through air
Humorless moderator!
Why do you hate me?
The Proletariat
Slashdotting Commie
Moderator fears new idea!
Censor him quickly
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The Constitution poses no threat to our current form of government. (Death to those who defile the root documents of a free nation to make economic freedom Supercede Freedom! Freedom First! Free market Second!)
Occam's Razor "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily." "Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate" "Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora" "Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem" Translation: " "Simple explanations are preferred to complex ones" Modern fucking translation "JUST DO IT."
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Get busy moderating this down, you little pack of obedient prefects of the corrupt state! You are the vanguards of purity, and dissent is not allowed!
The Empire Strikes Back.... It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death OS has been discredited, Imperial microserfs have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden base and pursued them across the mindshare. Evading the dreaded Imperial Software, a group of freedom fighters led by IBM has established a new secret base on the remote ice world of Canada. The evil lord Darth Gates, obsessed with finding young FOSS(?), has dispatched thousands of Windows OSes into the far reaches of IT... (Aplogies to Canada)
Mmm, beer and chainsaws. Great Combination! I'll be there to watch.
Bleh!
They should just call it BS for "Beer Software" to attract attention. :-)
But then people would say stuff like "Red Hat is BS" which might be slightly confusing.
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You know a nice cup of hot tea(de-caf) and a Valium would do wonders for your outlook on life
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