Today's News: Microsoft-Sun rivalry rolls on

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A newsletter published by TechTarget   September 19, 2003 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  VeriSign: Free E-Commerce Security Guide >>  Microsoft: Visual Studio .NET / Get your free trial today  Top News of the Week  >>  BREAKING NEWS: Windows service pack tool draws early praise >>  Replacement Windows and new tool tricks SPONSORED BY: VeriSign - The Value of Trust FREE E-COMMERCE SECURITY GUIDE Is your e-business built on a strong, secure foundation? Find out with VeriSign's FREE White Paper, "Building an E-Commerce Trust Infrastructure." Learn how to authenticate your site to customers, secure your web servers with 128-Bit SSL encryption, and accept secure payments online. Click here.  Week In Review  Microsoft-Sun rivalry rolls on by John Hogan, News Editor One of the greatest rivalries in sports, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, nearly always plays out to a familiar ending. The Red Sox field a pretty good team, but the Yankees always find a way to come out on top. In IT, it's about the same. Sun Microsystems fields a pretty good team of products, but Microsoft always seems to get the best of Sun. In its latest effort to come out ahead in this heated rivalry, Sun this week announced at the SunNetwork show a software package -- called the Sun Java Desktop System -- that includes an open-source operating system and a desktop productivity suite to challenge the mighty Windows and Office lineup. Read more of John Hogan's comments on the Microsoft-Sun rivalry and other important news stories of the week. More on this topic: >  Cost of replacing Windows may mute Sun challenge >  Microsoft tool learns new patching trick >  Office Live Meeting goes live >  Microsoft looks to delay EU reply >  Swen worm purports to be Microsoft alert, hits Europe hard SPONSORED BY: Microsoft Get three hours of unlimited access to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 running on Windows Server 2003, as well as a library of other valuable Microsoft tools. Click here.  Survival Tips for the Windows Manager   Expert Spotlight: Scott Schnoll, Exchange Do you have Exchange questions? SearchWin2000.com site expert Scott Schnoll has answers! Scott is an MCSE, MCT and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional. He also co-authored the book, Exchange 2000 Server: The Complete Reference. Here are a few of Scott's responses to members' most vexing messaging problems: Planning Exchange 2000 Enterprise Edition migration When will Microsoft pull Exchange 5.5 support? Generating SMTP notifications in Exchange 2000 Have an Exchange problem of your own? Ask Scott for his expert advice. Chapter of the Week: 'Active Directory management' In this chapter from Managing Enterprise Active Directory Services, Robbie Allen and Richard Puckett discuss the philosophy and basics of managing AD. Learning Guide: Planning for Active Directory Active Directory is one of the most important new Windows technologies, but it is also one of the most complex. Check out this Active Directory Learning Guide and get up to speed on everything AD. TRUE IT BLOOPERS True IT Blooper #108: Out to lunch In this tale of woe, a hungry Helpdesker has his precious lunch break devoured by a user in a pickle. Have a blooper of you own? Send us your wackiest IT stories!  Vent!  Take our weekly poll Some people mark product release dates on their calendars -- others couldn't care less about them. How important are software release dates to you? Click here to vote! Free white paper alerts Enter your e-mail and start receiving White Paper Alerts. E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription.   Contact Us   NEWS EDITOR John Hogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. SENIOR SITE EDITOR Marilyn Cohodas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your original articles and best practices. SITE EDITOR Catherine Ketcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your bloopers and Featured Topic ideas. SENIOR NEWS WRITER Margie Semilof [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news and story ideas. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Christine Polewarczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your ideas for webcasts and discussion day topics. ASSISTANT EDITOR Will Hurwitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your favorite Web sites and white papers. A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R This newsletter is published by TechTarget, the most targeted IT media. Copyright 2003 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Windows Week that Was":   -  Reply to this e-mail with REMOVE in the Subject line OR   -  Go to unsubscribe and enter your e-mail address to cancel your subscription Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed.