THIS WEEK: Microsoft reacts to Licensing 6.0

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September 03, 2002 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the editor: Are you getting ready for Web services? >> Featured Topic: The year's top 10 admin tips >> Site Exclusives: Microsoft reacts to Licensing 6.0 Member poll: Is Linux a player? Migration dos and don'ts >> Site Highlights: Win2000Talk: Certification Visit the .NET Info Center Attend Networking Decisions  From the Editor: by Margie Semilof Senior News Writer At a keynote address on Wednesday at the XML Web Services One Conference in Boston, one of Microsoft's top Web services architects said Web services will quickly disappear if companies can't move from merely implementing them to developing projects that make money off of them. Don Box, who is also an original author of the Simple Object Access Protocol, gives this technology a two-year time period in which to take off. After that? "Nobody is going to spend money on [Web services] in two years if it doesn't provide real business value." Is two years enough time to expect customers to move to a Web services world? Microsoft says that customers at this time should be looking for opportunities to pilot Web services. Web services may not work for everything, but they say that now is the time to find a project that you can use to try it on for size. Most of the early adopters have started out in just that way. They install a pilot project and it takes off from there. But Web services are industry-driven today. For the vast majority of enterprises, Web services are a long way off. There are incomplete standards and questions about how security will be addressed. IT executives are still trying to figure out what Web services mean to them and determine the tactical opportunities. Are you preparing your enterprise infrastructure for Web services? For those of you who have pilots underway, we want to hear about your early experiences. Send me an e-mail and let me know your thoughts and plans. Margie  Featured Topic: Your hit parade of admin tips by Marilyn Cohodas, Site Editor What's the best piece of technical advice you received this year? Check out this list of our most popular admin tips rated by the number of Windows IT pros who read them. It's a top 10 hit parade that will guide you in everything from boot disks to viruses. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: John Robbins Author, speaker and bugslayer Categories: Programming and .NET application development John will help you solve your trickiest programming problems. View all John's answers Site Exclusives: >> Wake up and smell the backlash: Microsoft reacts to Licensing 6.0 Reaction to the unspeakably unpopular Licensing 6.0 has moved Microsoft to work on incentives for small- and-medium-sized businesses. That furious feedback has also prompted Microsoft to form a task force to try and salve what appears to be a very open, self-inflicted wound. >> Does Linux pose a real threat to Microsoft? Cast your vote in our current member poll and take a gander at the competitive landscape apres Licensing 6.0. Tip of the Week: Network engineer Robert Shahon recently completed a hurry-up move from WinNT 4.0 to Win2000. If you face a similar challenge, don't miss Shahon's dos and don'ts for a successful migration under a tight deadline. >> Windows 2000 network migration tips  Site Highlights Win2000 Talk Radio Microsoft certification You hear a lot about it. But what's it really worth to network administrators, IT departments and the corporation's bottom line? .NET Info Center Trying to get up to speed on .NET? Visit our .NET Info Center and get one-stop access to the most important resources for understanding .NET -- direct from Microsoft. Sponsored By: Microsoft Corp. 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