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Microsoft Developing Linux Policy, Plan of Attack
Lil' Bobby Gortician writes "This new MSNBC article talks about Microsoft's developing strategy to deal with Linux. They are actually getting some of their sales people certified as Linux experts, and say 1/10th of their test servers now run Linux. My favorite quote? "There's no set architecture in Linux. All roads lead to madness"."
- How can this fellow's opinion turn on a dime like that? Is he really credible to a corporate audience? I don't think people are quite that stupid or so easily manipulated.
The former Slashdot topic icon with Bill as the Borg has never seemed more apt. A quick Google image search turned up this parody.PCB$#
free ipod and free gmail!
Tell us what Linux does that we can't do
Allow me to see, modify, and distribute the source code *for free*.
I'm sure MS will get right on that.
there: a location other than here; that place; "you can take it from there"
their: of or relating to them or themselves especially as possessors, agents, or objects of an action
Exchange admin here. Your right, Exchange looks nice on the surface, but once you start actually using it for a while you realize that its not much better than the unix equiv.
I've got a broken web interface for my spam filter (McAfee Spamkiller == spamassassin); a desktop client which serves up a java applet to config it.
I've got a special application to config the anti-virus (Trend Micro ScanMail) filters, whos interface looks like a cross between eudora and outlook 2000.
But on the MS side of things, I've got DNS, Active Directory, Certificates, Event Manager, Message Tracking Center, Exchange, IIS, and Services all in one package I call Admin Console.msc. Just start > run > MMC and File > Add consoles to your hearts content. I can administrate almost any aspect of all 5 servers from one console, including defrags and registry edits,
but if I want to change a setting on the Spam Filter, or the Anti-Virus software, I've got to TermSvc into a box and get at some funky software with a GUI designed by an idiot. Please, give me MSC files to administrate my 3rd party Exchange tools, for the love of God, there is nothing special about your software, just tie it into M$'s standard MMC. It doesnt matter whos right, whos prettier, I just need to plug everything into one tree and relax.
Signed, Pissed off Exchange Admin
Im dreaming ofa big bndwdth, That can resist the
> He has a MySQL database with a master user database he implemented, and various scripts to syncronize mail accounts,
> shell accounts, web-admininistration panel accounts, news server accounts, ftp accounts, etc. It starts simple, and
> gets more complex.
Only if you don't know aobut nsswitch, which your friend apparently doesn't. Everything in Linux makes more sense once you
know about pam and nss. I have linux systems here authenticating against an NT domain, it's easy!
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From TFA:
Windows group chief James Allchin accuses Linux of being a cheap knockoff: "There's no innovation. Linux is still in the business of cloning existing technology." Allchin points to new features in the version of Windows due in 2007 that will allow users to remotely turn PCs on or off, with programs still running. Searches will extend across all data like e-mail, photos, Word. "We're creating things," he says.
This has yet to be the biggest crap of all time. Linux (or technically, the distribution) has always had remote shutting down, # shutdown now, once logged in. So, who's cloning existing technology now? In fact, one can remotely suspend a machine as well.
Infact, there are not many things that Microsoft has actually innovated, most of the time they use thier financial position to break existing markets (or duplicate technology). Does anyone know of a good product that Microsoft innovated, i.e. one that was a first-timer in the market?
False false false!
Where the hell do you get your information. This is all a matter of public record. He has voted *for* nearly every military expenditure in recent memory *and* voted for pay raises for our troops *and* to improve their health benefits!
Treatment of Iraqi Prisoners - Adoption, Bill Number: SRes 356, Issue: Military Issues , Date: 05/10/2004, Sponsor: Bill sponsored by Senator Frist, R-TN
Roll Call Number: 0086, Bill Adopted, Senator John Forbes Kerry did not vote.
Use of Force-Passage, Bill Number: H.J.RES.114, Issue: Military Issues, Date: 10/10/2002 , Sponsor: Bill sponsored by Hastert,R-IL
Roll Call Number: 237, Bill passed, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
FY 2001 Defense Auth.-Military Retiree Health Benefits, Bill Number: S 2549, Issue: Military Issues, Date: 06/07/2000 , Sponsor: Motion sponsored by Johnson, D-SD, Point of order sponsored by Gramm, R-TX, Amendment sponsored by Johnson, D-SD, Bill sponsored by Warner, R-VA
Roll Call Number: 0118, Motion rejected, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Military Pay Increase - Passage, Bill Number: S 4, Issue: Military Issues, Date: 02/24/1999 , Sponsor: Bill introduced by Warner, R-VA.
Roll Call Number: 0026, Bill passed, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
National Missile Defense - Cloture [Sept. 1998], Bill Number: S 1873, Issue: Military Issues, Date: 09/09/1998 , Sponsor: Cloture motion introduced by Lott, R-MS; bill introduced by Cochran, R-MS.
Roll Call Number: 0262, Cloture motion rejected; 3/5th vote required, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Gays in the Military - Presidential Determination, Bill Number: S 1298, Issue: Military Issues, Date: 09/09/1993 , Sponsor: Boxer, D-CA
Roll Call Number: 0250, Rejected, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Presidential Notification of Covert Operations-Passage, Bill Number: S 1721, Issue: Military Issues, Date: 03/15/1988 , Sponsor: Bill sponsored by Cohen
Roll Call Number: 0052, Bill passed, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Terrorism Insurance - Conference Report, Bill Number: HR 3210, Issue: National Security Issues, Date: 11/19/2002 , Sponsor: Bill sponsored by Oxley, R-OH
Roll Call Number: 252, Conference Report adopted, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Anti-Terrorism Authority-Passage, Bill Number: HR 3162, Issue: National Security Issues, Date: 10/25/2001, Sponsor: Bill sponsored by Sensenbrenner R-WI
Roll Call Number: 0313, Passed, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Aviation Security-Passage, Bill Number: S1447, Issue: National Security Issues, Date: 10/11/2001, Sponsor: Bill sponsored by Hollings D-SC
Roll Call Number: 0295, Passed, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Anti-Terrorism-Passage, Bill Number: S1510, Issue: National Security Issues, Date: 10/11/2001, Sponsor: Bill sponsored by Daschle D-SD
Roll Call Number: 0302, Passed, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Anti-Terrorism Authority-Roving Wiretapping, Bill Number: S1510, Issue: National Security Issues, Date: 10/11/2001, Sponsor: Tabling motion sponsored by Dascle D-SD, Amendment sponsored by Feingold D-WI, Bill sponsored by Daschle D-SD
Roll Call Number: 0300, Motion agreed to, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Airline Relief-Passage, Bill Number: S1450, Issue: National Security Issues, Date: 09/21/2001 , Sponsor: Bill sponsored by Daschle, D-SD
Roll Call Number: 0284, Passed, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Use of Force Authorization-Passage, Bill Number: SJRES 23, Issue: National Security Issues, Date: 09/14/2001, Sponsor: Joint resolution sponsored by Daschle, D-SD
Roll Call Number: 0281, Joint resolution passed, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Terrorist Attacks-Passage, Bill Number: SJRES 22, Issue: National Security Issues, Date: 09/12/2001 , Sponsor: Resolution sponsored by Daschle, S-SD
Roll Call Number: 277, Joint Resolution passed, Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
FY 2001 Defense Authorization-Nu