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Sun's desktop Linux will waddle out this week at the Sun Network show, which will also showcase new security-related products, services and alliances. The new Linux distribution should hit the market early in 2003 and will complement StarOffice. Sun's hoping its penguin will peck away at Microsoft's huge share of the market.
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NEWS
MS Windows versus Linux TCO: Users speak out (SearchWindowsManageability.com)
Part eight of your letters on the Windows vs. Linux TCO debate reflects the deep distrust in Microsoft among IT pros.
NEWS
Gartner: Don't mush into Yukon (vnunet)
Evidently you don't have to be Jack London to know there are perils in the Yukon. Gartner security expert John Pescatore said that if you're looking forward to Yukon, which is the next SQL Server, you should hold out until the first service pack comes out. He expects Yukon to be loaded with flaws and points to the fact that Microsoft has issued seven vulnerability alerts for SQL Server since April 2002.
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