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After years of ridiculing Linux and open source technologies, Microsoft is now changing its approach. Responding to Microsoft resellers' and users' demand for less hype, Microsoft is promising to take a more rational approach to comparing Windows to Linux and open source software.
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Microsoft warms to SAML (InfoWorld)
The gap between Microsoft and the Liberty Alliance has gotten a little narrower. Microsoft announced that it will support most of the SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) standard, which is also a key ingredient in the Liberty Alliance's ID spec. Microsoft is still considering joining the Sun-backed group.
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Microsoft to offer stand-alone Active Directory (Network World)
Microsoft plans to include a "cleaver" with a future version of Windows, so network execs can separate Active Directory from the operating system. You would be able to set up this version of AD, called "Application Mode" without having to set up a whole OS and use it to support Web-based apps. It will ship 30 days after Windows .NET Server, which is slated for release by the end of this year.
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Gates gooses geese guano gunners
Penguins may be after Bill Gates' Windows, but geese have his windows in their scopes. And his roof. And his yard. Gaggles of annoyingly regular waterfowl think Mr. Microsoft's mansion is the perfect place to leave their "calling cards." Evidently these goose bombs are giving Gates goosebumps. He asked wildlife officials in Washington state to do something about the problem. Now the chief park ranger has the green light to go on a massive bird hunt. Some 4,000 geese could get their gooses cooked thanks to their scatological sorties. If you're a Linux lover, go ahead and yell it: "Go geese, go geese!". (Source: vnunet)
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