[ale] Weekend laugh - m$ to become more like *nix

[J.M. Taylor]

I thought Linux was going to destroy innovation,captialism, the
United States and possibly life as we know it??

>From SAGE news, this is good for a chuckle:

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> ####### Microsoft: Future versions of Windows to be more UNIX-y
>
> Apropos of the recent release of Windows Server 2003, ZDNet UK
> reporter Rupert Goodwins interviews Microsoft VP Rob Short about how
> the Windows architecture is evolving -- in some cases to be more like
> UNIX.
>
> It's not a formal product announcement, but Short confirms that there
> will eventually be a command line-only version of Windows:
>
>     "We're looking longer term to see what can be done, looking at the
> layers and what's available at each layer and how do we make it much
> closer to the thing the Linux guys have -- having only the pieces you
> want running. That's something Linux has that's ahead of us, but we're
> looking at it."
>
> Microsoft is also working to improve the ability to patch servers
> without a reboot:
>
>     "That's an area where the Unix guys are ahead of us, because of
> the
> way they do redirection -- they can patch a file and then
>     change the symbolic link. That's an area where we've got a
>     problem, and we'll fix it in the near future when possible."
>
> Short also discusses improvements to security and file system
> performance.  All of the security news, however, may not be positive.
> In Windows Server 2003, some components of the IIS web server have
> been moved into the kernel in order to increase performance.  The
> drawback to such a move, of course, is that "We have a lot of parsing
> in there, and that opens you up to buffer overruns and attacks,"
> although he claims that the code has been thoroughly scrutinized for
> flaws.
>
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2133899,00.html



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