======================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS May 31, 2001 More headlines at: http://www.searchwin2000.com/searchWin2000_News_Page/0,2008,,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: BMC Software ======================================================== GO BEYOND BASIC MONITORING. Receive a FREE 30-day trial now. Get the most advanced Windows native application management available. BMC Software's PATROL for Microsoft Windows Servers offers easy installation and deployment to get the value you need fast with the look and feel of Microsoft technology, which means there is no long learning curve. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;2913313;5964181;h?http://www.bmc.com/webforms/webforms.cfm?template=123 ======================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Microsoft launches Office XP in New York" Today marks the official birth of Office XP. Bill Gates "delivered" it in New York and called it a crucial rung on the .Net ladder. Office XP and related Office family products such as Visio 2002, MapPoint 2002, Publisher 2002, and FrontPage 2002 are now ready to roll in 15 countries. SOURCE: Wininformant http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21273 User katy12250 is not ready for Office XP yet but she is in the process of setting up a W2K Server, MS Exchange 2000 and Web sites in two offices. Her problem is that she has limited experience and her boss does not believe in training and resources. Help her convince the boss at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^0@[email protected]/16. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Some big names were in the Office today. Read about the big names helping toot Office XP's horn at http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119819.html. Do you work with digital audio? Then you may want to know if XP or Win2k Pro is your best bet. Migration expert, Paul Hinsberg, recently compared the two at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid391293_tax285115,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ----------------------------------------------- [1] Windows XP will make Internet unstable - top security expert [2] Microsoft allies dismiss new monopoly allegations [3] Sun pushes new version of Java 2 Standard Edition [4] Crystal releases BI Client [5] Marathon cozies up to Microsoft [6] E-mail virus hoax makes users do the dirty work [1] "Windows XP will make Internet unstable - top security expert" Windows XP -- will it do to the Internet what a quake does to a building? Security expert Steve Gibson tells The Register that the OS could make the Internet unstable because it will let too many people launch uncontrollable denial-of-service attacks to whichever IP address they want. SOURCE: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19332.html [2] "Microsoft allies dismiss new monopoly allegations" The empire strikes back. A trade group called the Association for Competitive Technology took a shot at Microsoft's foes, refuting allegations that Windows XP and the .Net strategy are Redmond's game pieces in a game of Internet monopoly. Microsoft founded the trade group that did the refuting. SOURCE: Newsbytes http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166286.html [3] "Sun pushes new version of Java 2 Standard Edition" Sun is showing off the "ultrasound" of its new baby, J2SE version 1.4. The baby is due this fall -- that's when a Windows version should be ready. Version 1.4 will come loaded with Java API for XML processing and a new scalable network I/O (input/output) API for high-performance Web and application servers. The XML Parser will be integrated as part of the core platform. SOURCE: eWEEK http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2766239,00.html [4] "Crystal releases BI Client" Crystal Decisions has churned out a new Web-based client for business users that accesses SQL Server OLAP data. Crystal Analysis Professional loads on a server and supports Microsoft SQL Server OLAP Services 7.0 and SQL Server Analysis Services 2000. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4561 [5] "Marathon cozies up to Microsoft" Marathon has been running with Redmond for four years, but it's never been an official partnership. Now it is. Marathon and Microsoft have agreed on a deal to let Marathon resell Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 in its pre-configured "Assured Availability" systems. Marathon also enjoys access to source code and MS' lab. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4563 [6] "E-mail virus hoax makes users do the dirty work" What kind of sick minds are out there? Someone has created a fake virus that will ask you to delete the sweet, innocent and uninfected sulfnbk.exe file. This little hoax flies under the anti-virus radar because it isn't a virus. But if you obey the message and delete the file and forward the e-mail to others, the effect is downright viral in nature. SOURCE: IDG News http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/05/30/010530hnhoax.xml If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. --------------------------------------------------------- WEB LINKS OF THE DAY --------------------------------------------------------- [1] "Microsoft's 2002 Server impresses" It looks like Microsoft could have a winner with Windows 2002 Server - at least that's what InfoWorld senior analyst P.J. Connolly thinks. Better scalability, stability, administration and security tools make it an attractive package for Windows shops seeking greater memory and storage capabilities. That said, Connolly still recommends waiting for the release of the first 2002 service pack before making any implementation plans. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://www.itworld.com/Comp/4204/IWD010514tcwhistler/ [2] "Installing and configuring a DNS server in Win2k" Offering step-by-step instructions and accompanying screen shots, this tutorial leads the DNS novice through how to install, configure and troubleshoot a DNS server in Windows 2000. SOURCE: TechRepublic http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?src=search&id=r00220010514wrr01.htm ------------------------------------------------------- FEATURED BOOK ------------------------------------------------------- "UNIX System Administration Handbook 3rd Edition" By: Evi Nemeth This major revision of the best-selling and single most comprehensive guide to UNIX system administration is ideal as both an introductory tutorial for those new to system administration and a day-to-day reference for "power administrators." Practical and hands-on in approach, it covers every aspect of system administration - from basic topics to UNIX esoterica - and provides explicit instructions for dealing with the six most popular versions of UNIX. http://www.digitalguru.com/dgstore/product.asp?isbn=0130206016&ac_id=73 ------------------------------------------------------- SEARCHWIN2000.COM POLL ------------------------------------------------------- "How do you feel about Microsoft and security?" Vote at http://www.searchWin2000.com/poll. SOUND OFF! Have a great poll idea? Or just feel like commenting on the current question? Please send your comments, ideas or questions to News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Please include your name, title and company name. ------------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK ------------------------------------------------------- A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web 'Hormel is resigned to use of 'spam' in Net slang' Sure, it's side-splittingly funny when a bunch of Vikings sing a chorus of "Spam, spam, spam, spam..." but who can blame the folks at Hormel for getting a little edgy every time the name of their most famous brand of "meat" product is used to denote something most email users despise? Still, Hormel has decided not to buck popular culture and says it will no longer fight as aggressively to stamp out the derogatory use of the term spam. They only ask that when using the word to describe their luncheon meat, the word be capitalized so that the terms can be more easily distinguished. Perhaps a better differentiator is this: One you eat. The other you delete. 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