Windows Server 2003 369 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Thanks Christian for this one:

Microsoft changed the name of the family of server operating systems it plans to release next year to Windows .NET Server 2003, company representatives said late Thursday.

The new name is the fourth for the family of server operating systems. Its code-name was "Whistler," a name it shared with pre-release versions of the Windows XP client operating system that shipped in October. It was briefly known as Windows 2002 in the spring of 2001.

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Windows Server 2003 369 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

It must really hurt developers at Microsoft to design IIS6 the way they've been designing it.

It's been basic Microsoft philosophy forever to make products as available, as scriptable, and as powerful as possible. Things have changed. After two years of assaults from security consultants and Internet vandals, Microsoft has decided that discretion--when it comes to an Internet service--is the better part of valor. Now they have to sit and think of ways to prevent users from accessing features.

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Thanks Christian. Windows .NET Server Release Candidate 1 is now available for MSDN subscribers.

The follow version are available: Windows .NET Web Server, Windows .NET Standard Server, Windows .NET Enterprise Server 64Bit, Windows .NET Enterprise Server, Windows .NET Enterprise Server Checked/Debug 64Bit, and Windows .NET Enterprise Server Checked/Debug.

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Windows Server 2003 369 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

MICROSOFT chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates provided some insight into the future of the .Net product line Wednesday here at a .Net Briefing day on the company's campus.

In addition to announcing the availability of Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of .Net Server, Gates discussed a road map for .Net, including forthcoming products.


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