My shop has been running a mixed UNIX, Windows environment for years.
Currently we have W2k workstations running in a NT environment, and recently put a NFS gateway on the NT server to map NT shares to NFS mounts. Most of my users don't event know there are updating web pages on a UNIX webserver. In the end they don't care. Although I have a love/hate relationship with MS, their recent attempts to intergrate with UNIX environments is well done. Have you see IE5 for Solaris & HP-UX?
It is said that Microsoft gets it right on the 3rd try.
1. NT on Alpha, MIPS, etc.
2. Windows CE on Hitachi, MIPS & StrongArm processors
3..NET on ?
.NET software development compiles everything to an intermediate language (IL) before final optimization and compilation to native code, and the stated goal is to eliminate DLL's and make everything a COM. An.NET application could easily be shipped in IL form, and compiled at install time onto any supported hardware platform. The idea is not new, and has been heavily discussed in the past. It would definitely reduce Microsoft's dependency on Intel, something they have tried to do in the past.
A mission in 2014 would mean that their would be a human on Mars during the 50th of a man on the moon. Sounds more like wishfull PR. Doubtful all the tech will be in place by 2010, leaving only 4 years to build, test & train. We'll be lucky if the space station is fully operational by then.
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My shop has been running a mixed UNIX, Windows environment for years.
Currently we have W2k workstations running in a NT environment, and recently put a NFS gateway on the NT server to map NT shares to NFS mounts. Most of my users don't event know there are updating web pages on a UNIX webserver. In the end they don't care.
Although I have a love/hate relationship with MS, their recent attempts to intergrate with UNIX environments is well done. Have you see IE5 for Solaris & HP-UX?
It is said that Microsoft gets it right on the 3rd try.
.NET on ?
.NET software development compiles everything to an intermediate language (IL) before final optimization and compilation to native code, and the stated goal is to eliminate DLL's and make everything a COM. An .NET application could easily be shipped in IL form, and compiled at install time onto any supported hardware platform. The idea is not new, and has been heavily discussed in the past. It would definitely reduce Microsoft's dependency on Intel, something they have tried to do in the past.
1. NT on Alpha, MIPS, etc.
2. Windows CE on Hitachi, MIPS & StrongArm processors
3.
A mission in 2014 would mean that their would be a human on Mars during the 50th of a man on the moon. Sounds more like wishfull PR. Doubtful all the tech will be in place by 2010, leaving only 4 years to build, test & train. We'll be lucky if the space station is fully operational by then.