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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. Oh no! by MisterFancypants · · Score: 5, Funny
    Microsoft's last chance?

    Oh no!

    Things don't sound so good for those poor guys at Microsoft! I better sell my stock!

  2. so we are paying for a service pack? by narkotix · · Score: 5, Funny

    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
  3. Ahhh... upgrades by asdfx · · Score: 5, Funny

    I cannot enumerate the advantages that Windows Me had over 98. I'm sure 2003 will show the same level of advancement over 2000.

  4. super by scot_sd · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...

  5. Re:FOSS? by jsse · · Score: 5, Funny

    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*