=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News February 19, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _____________________________________________________________________ ********** SPONSORED BY: VeriSign - The Value of Trust **************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Poll: Will MS' "code-free February" exterminate bug problem? - Ask the Expert: Cannot access shared folders on network VPN - Quick Hit of the Day: Disaster recovery - Tip of the Month Contest: Last chance to win! - The Missing Link: Jamaican jails going online _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY MICROSOFT PREPARES TO EXPLAIN .NET | News: ZDNet Call it the $200 million explanation. Microsoft is kicking off an ad campaign aimed to explain how .NET will benefit businesses. The ads will show companies that have been using .NET for a while. The name of the campaign: "One Degree of Separation." http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci803134,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: Try to make sense of .NET with our Best Web Links: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax285410,00.html. Try to make MORE sense of .NET with our Featured Topic: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci797342,00.html. _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MS TO OPEN SOURCE CODE TO AVANADE, OTHERS | News: CRN Microsoft is inviting more eyes to come and see the source code. One of the company's partners, Avanade (49% of which is MS-owned), will get to see it this week, but more firms may follow as MS shows it to more integrators. This "glasnost" is part of MS' source code sharing initiative. Last week the judge in the antitrust case ordered MS show the code to the nine dissenting states. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci803132,00.html IBM SERVERS TO RUN LINUX, WINDOWS | News: CNET Where can you find Windows and Linux working under the same roof? Inside an IBM x360 eServer. Big Blue plans to use software from VMware to run various combinations of Windows and Linux in the Intel-based x360s. This means customers will be able to run the rival OSes on the same server and reap more applications as a result. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci803128,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - State of the OS: Windows 2000 at 2 Years - Expert advice on getting the most out of RSA Conference - Oops! 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Do you have any clue what could be happening? >>CLICK to read Bill Boswell's expert response... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid448223_tax285114,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DISASTER RECOVERY | Quick Hit of the Day Wondering if a disaster recovery plan is necessary for your organization? Well, the guidelines are simple: pay now or pay later. >>CLICK to read this article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci801647,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LAST CHANCE TO WIN! | Tip of the Month Contest Time is running out in February's Tip Contest, but you can still submit a tip and win. If you have a trick that saves you time or makes your job as a Windows administrator easier, send it in now. Submit the best Windows-related tip and win a RioVolt SP100 portable CD/MP3 player! http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid1_prz764589_cts764586,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= JAMAICAN JAILS GOING ONLINE | The Missing Link Prisoners doing hard time in Jamaica are bustin' out -- into cyberspace. Two of Kingston's clinks are going to be wired up. Inmates will be able to surf from the slammer and get a taste of the outside world. Prison officials say Net access will help the cons improve their minds, their social skills and their work skills. Their surfing will be monitored, though. For example, visits to www.diggingtunnelswithaspoon.com will be forbidden. Source: Wired http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50403,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ ********************** 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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