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For more information, visit http://www.aelita.com/59ntadmin ======================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Microsoft publishes more .Net specs" The big printer has been busy in Redmond. Microsoft has published three developer-related specifications for .Net: SOAP Routing Protocol (SOAP-RP), XLANG (MS' XML business process language in BizTalk Server) and the Direct Internet Message Encapsulation (DIME) protocol. Everything you wanted to know about the specs are on Microsoft's .Net site for developers, http://www.gotdotnet.com. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4545 Do all the new specifications have you wondering about getting certified? User JK recently posted his comments on certifications and courses related to Biztalk, Application Center and Commerce Server. Let him know if you agree or disagree with his opinion at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/9. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: This comes right after Microsoft got into the .Net bed with McAfee. Read about that deal at http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2763935,00.html. Want to know if SOAP will work with DCOM? John Robbins, searchWin2000 Programming and Application Development Expert, provides the goods at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid393502_tax285113,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ----------------------------------------------- [1] QXL ricardo inks .Net pact [2] Microsoft, AOL ink Windows XP pact [3] 64-bit Windows server sales to come through OEMs [4] Microsoft pushed for factory floor certification [5] XML "won't kill off proprietary apps" [1] "QXL ricardo inks .Net pact" Sold! Microsoft has sold online auctioneer QXL ricardo plc on its .Net strategy, signing a deal that will enhance QXL's services. QXL said it plans to implement .Net staples like Passport authentication, the .Net Framework and "Hailstorm" XML Web Services. QXL services will be featured in Windows XP. SOURCE: InternetNews http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,,4_773381,00.html [2] "Microsoft, AOL ink Windows XP pact" It looks like AOL 6.0 client and Windows XP are "dating." AOL and Microsoft have reportedly hammered out a deal to bundle the two products. The deal calls for AOL to deliver AOL 6.0 for Windows XP, known as the Steppenwolf client, by mid-July. SOURCE: eWEEK http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2765321,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01 [3] "64-bit Windows server sales to come through OEMs" One more thing about the 64-bit Windows Advanced Server Limited Edition -- pricing and distribution will go through OEMs, like Windows 2000 Datacenter Server does. Delivery is expected in the third quarter, about the same time as OEMs begin shipping systems built on Intel's 64-bit Itanium processor. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4536 [4] "Microsoft pushed for factory floor certification" A group of heavy-hitting manufacturers has fired off a formal request to Microsoft asking for special Windows certification for manufacturing software products. The Open Modular Architecture Controls (OMAC) User's Group, which includes the likes of Boeing, Caterpillar, DaimlerChrysler, Deere & Co., Ford Motor Co., General Motors, Procter & Gamble and others, told Microsoft executives that it wants to "lower the bar" for Windows 2000 certification, thus allowing more factory controls vendors to meet a common set of requirements. SOURCE: EETimes http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010524S0069 [5] "XML `won't kill off proprietary apps'" According to one of the "fathers of XML," making XML a universal language for business hasn't been as difficult as it could have been. Bringing together rival vendors to create standards could have been a disaster waiting to happen, but so far, everyone has played well together. SOURCE: vnunet http://www.vnunet.com/News/1122024 If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: SurfControl ======================================================== WARNING: Networks bottleneck & costs climb as workers squander hours online, surfing, listening to the radio over the `Net, downloading MP3s, video & other bandwidth hogs. Install SurfControl on your network & in 20 minutes you'll know exactly WHO is doing WHAT, WHEN & WHERE on the Internet. Monitor, record & manage all TCP/IP protocols. 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Please include your name, title and company name. ------------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK ------------------------------------------------------- A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "The font of all personality" Researchers have discovered that the type of type you chose can provide them with a 'font' of information about you. It seems handwriting analysts are now turning their attention to keystrokes. Some of the more common font findings? Times New Roman typers are trustworthy and respectable. Courier keyboardists are sensible and cold. And watch out for people who select curvy icons like Georgia or Shelley. They're pure sex kittens, according to the psychologists. 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