=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News January 23, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _____________________________________________________________________ ********************* SPONSORED BY: NetIQ ***************************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day: #98 - Best Web Links: The Registry - Discussion Day: Hosting desktop services on network servers - The Missing Link: "Sucks" sites to be doled out for free _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY .NET AND WEB SERVICES | News: searchWin2000 Should admins care about .NET and Web services? According to one expert, .NET could represent career zeniths for lots of IT folks -- admins included. This week's featured topic puts all searchWin2000's .NET resources in one place for your convenience and enjoyment. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci797342,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: Why should admins give a rat's rear about .NET? Check out http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid1_gci797375,00.html for some answers. _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NETSCAPE SUES MICROSOFT | News: Mercury News The battle of the browsers is about to really get clicking. Netscape has filed a civil antitrust suit against Microsoft over the whole browser issue. The suit asks for a jury trial to set damages and to make the browser market competitive again. Internet Explorer pretty much wiped the pioneering Navigator off the face of the Internet, and Netscape thinks it happened unfairly. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci798328,00.html INDUSTRY SAYS HO-HUM TO NETSCAPE SUIT | News: CNET The industry isn't exactly buzzing over the Netscape versus Microsoft lawsuit. Even the most strident Redmond bashers, including Oracle and Sun, aren't talking about it. An official with Linux distributor Red Hat said the suit became inevitable two years ago when Judge Jackson flayed Microsoft's business practices. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci798336,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - Users enthusiastic about Microsoft security initiative - Oops! True IT blooper #1 _____________________________________________________________________ ***************** SPONSORED BY: Quest Software ********************** ROLE-BASED ADMINISTRATION FOR ACTIVE DIRECTORY: FastLane(r) ActiveRoles simplifies management of Active Directory and Exchange 2000 with role-based administration. FastLane ActiveRoles is Active Directory-enabled and helps administrators delegate rights, define & manage group policy and enable consistency across the enterprise. Download your free trial! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3807551;5058249;n?http://www.quest.com/landing/searchwin2000_arexchange.asp _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KNOW-IT-ALL QUIZ OF THE DAY | #98 This was the first widely-installed operating system for personal computers: a. BASIC b. COBOL c. Windows 9x d. DOS >>CLICK for the correct answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci798211,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE REGISTRY | Best Web Links How much do you know about the Windows registry? The registry is a single place on a PC for keeping such information as what hardware is attached, what system options have been selected, how memory is set up and what apps are to be present when the OS is started. This collection of Best Web Links will teach you how to manipulate this repository like a pro. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax286453,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOSTING DESKTOP SERVICES ON NETWORK SERVERS | Discussion Day Who: Jim Curtin, NeTraverse President and CEO When: Thursday, Jan. 24 from noon to 4:00PM EST Please join searchWindowsManageability for this Live Expert Discussion Day. Jim Curtin will be monitoring our Management Tools Discussion Forum to answer all your desktop services questions, including issues related to running Windows applications on Linux. http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "SUCKS" SITES TO BE DOLED OUT FOR FREE | The Missing Link Free speech -- it doesn't suck. That's why a First Amendment lawyer is sticking up for a Web surfer's right to gripe on site. He's giving away "yourcompanyheresucks.com" Web sites and making sure the firms they target can't close them down. Guinness-really-sucks.com and wal-martsucks.com are just two of the domains that died due to trademark violations. Ed Harvilla's Free Speech Center finds a way around the legal hurdles and hands out the dissing domains for free. Why bother? Harvilla feels if you take away a Web venter's right to rage, online dissent could go the way of the eight track. Or salvationarmysucks.com. Source: MSNBC http://www.msnbc.com/news/691648.asp?0si= ____________________________________________________________________ ********************** SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS ********************** MARILYN COHODAS, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your original articles and best practices. _____________________________________________________________________ CHRISTINE POLEWARCZYK, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your Ask the Expert questions or post them in our Discussion Forums for a quicker response. _____________________________________________________________________ SARA CUSHMAN, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your tips, white papers and favorite Web sites. _____________________________________________________________________ ED PARRY, News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. _____________________________________________________________________ MIKE KELLY (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED].) >> Contact me to sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ *********************** ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER *********************** Created by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2002, All Rights Reserved. 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