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Microsoft to Stop Releasing Services for Unix

lilrowdy18 writes "According to a recent article, Microsoft will stop releasing any new versions of Services for Unix. SFU 3.5 will continue to be supported until 2011 and will have extended support until 2014. From what the article hints at, Microsoft wants Unix interoperability integrated into the OS. Microsoft says that this integration couldn't be done with past architectures."

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  1. In the other eweek news.. by b100dian · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Windows Vista feature protects data from reboots" shows us how, by not supporting "unlink when in use" filesystem feature (all unices do), Windows offers to save our unsaved documents upon upgrade-required reboot..
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