==================================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS September 14, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news/0,,sid1,00.html ==================================================================== Sponsored by NetIQ ============================================================ FREE E-BOOK: Register now to read the latest chapter of "The Definitive Guide to Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 Migration" - a FREE eBook brought to you by NetIQ and Realtimepublishers.com. Get hands-on field experience as industry experts tackle both Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 in a single book. Register now at http://www.netiq.com/ebook/register.asp?Origin=SchW2KDN0914 ============================================================ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Microsoft clarifies Datacenter LE release plans" The senior director of the Windows .Net Server Solutions Group wants everyone to know that Windows .Net Datacenter Server will hit the door at the same time as the other Windows .Net Servers -- in the first half of 2002. That was not the case with the Win2k family. Datacenter came about seven months after the other versions of Windows 2000. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4939 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Microsoft, PASS postpone SQL Server conference [2] Judge extends deadline for Microsoft timetable [3] IDC: Windows holds desktop, battles Linux on servers [4] Mafiaboy loses his liberty [5] Maker of Kournikova virus stands trial [1] "Microsoft, PASS postpone SQL Server conference" Microsoft and the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) have postponed their conference due to the terrorist attacks. The four-day conference was supposed to start next Wednesday in Orlando, Fla. No word yet on a new date. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4938 Attendees can check the latest information at http://www.sqlpass.org/events/orlando/index.cfm. [2] "Judge extends deadline for Microsoft timetable" Microsoft and government lawyers are getting four extra days to turn in paperwork on a timetable and issues in the antitrust case. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly gave both sides a deadline extension, realizing the attacks in Washington and New York have caused people to rearrange their priorities. SOURCE: Mercury News http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/ms091401.htm [3] "IDC: Windows holds desktop, battles Linux on servers" IDC researchers foresee Windows staying top dog in the client operating environment for a while. They think the only thing keeping it from owning the server side too is Linux. By 2005, IDC predicts Microsoft will have 67% of the combined server and client operating systems and subsystems market. SOURCE: IDG News http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/09/14/010914hnidc.xml [4] "Mafiaboy loses his liberty" The Canadian hacker nicknamed "Mafiaboy" will spend eight months in a youth detention center. The 17-year-old Montreal teenager launched DoS attacks last year against major Internet sites. Those attacks caused some $1.7 billion in damages. SOURCE: Reuters http://www.idg.net/ic_692983_1794_9-10000.html [5] "Maker of Kournikova virus stands trial" The 20-year-old man behind the Anna Kournikova virus is on trial in the Netherlands. Prosecutors want 240 hours of civil service out of him. They also want his computer and a CD-ROM containing computer viruses. 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Jon Benzinger, VP of IT, says the substantial time and effort required for application compatibility testing were worth it. Besides improving availability, Benzinger says Windows 2000 has proven to be easier to manage, more feature-rich, stable and flexible than NT4. SOURCE: Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO62776,00.html "Insurance provider creating massive multiple-use directory" An innovative case study, this piece tells how one company used Active Directory to consolidate directories from multiple platforms, including Windows. The pioneering directory architecture supports both internal business and external e-commerce services. SOURCE: Network World Fusion http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0723anthem.html ==================================================================== WIN! WIN! WIN! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Our September Tip of the Month contest is under way. 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