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For Windows, Less Fat Means Fewer Bugs

With Windows Server 2003, Microsoft is promising greater security. However, its 50 million lines of code mean it’ll never be secure enough http://businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2003/tc20030429_6540_tc047.htm

Users Back Novell Plan for NetWare-to-Linux Path

NetWare 7 release will put services on both OS kernels as means of providing migration option http://computerworld.com/networkingtopics/networking/os/story/0,10801,80497,00.html

Microsoft’s Ugly Little Registration Bug

If you patch your systems to rid yourself of one bug, you wind up with an entirely new bug. This seems to be a common theme with Microsoft — a company that can’t seem to understand why its customers don’t rush to install every patch. http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21392.html

Solaris 9 4/03 Offers Enhanced Data Storage Scalability

Sun Microsystems released the Solaris 9 4/03 Operating System for the SPARC and x86 platforms. The third update to the Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 9 4/03 offers enhanced data storage scalability, allowing Solaris sites to use larger storage systems than ever before via the Solaris Volume Manager. http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3437

IBM spreads the reach of Linux

IBM has added several new centers worldwide devoted to Linux specialties in energy, government and mainframes, part of its years-long effort to spread the operating system as widely as possible. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-998682.html

Penguin cracks Windows servers

Leading software vendors ensure the future of Linux http://www.vnunet.com/News/1140525

WineX 3.0 with Point2Play Review: No More Wine From the Command Line?

With the release of WineX 3.0 from Transgaming on April 17th this year, it looked like it was time to revisit the wonderful world of Wine. This time around, Transgaming WineX 3.0 has some new tools as well as improvements in the number of games supported and gaming speeds. In this article, we’re going to [...]

Windows Server 2003 Outperforms Predecessors

VeriTest, an independent test lab, has found that Windows Server 2003 outperforms Microsoft® Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Windows NT® Server 4.0 by a dramatic margin—typically performing two to three times faster on the same hardware. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/performance/etest.mspx

Will the Real Database Leader Please Stand Up?

Though Oracle and IBM deny that MySQL, PostgreSQL or other open-source offerings are a threat to their enterprise business, they are still taking steps to re-emphasize their low-end offerings. http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21369.html

Windows Server 2003: The Road To Gold

As the development of Windows 2000 wound down over three years ago, Microsoft was making a transition of another kind: The company’s development focus was moving from delivering technology to delivering solutions that met real customer needs. It sounds like an obvious strategy, but consider the ramifications: In the past, Microsoft would determine what features [...]